Salesforce Integration Architect Practice Exam

The Salesforce Integration Architect is a advanced certification from Salesforce involving design and implementation of integration solutions within the Salesforce ecosystem. The certification is suitable for professionals integrating Salesforce and other systems, (on-premises or cloud). The Integration Architect involves skills and knowledge of various integration patterns, tools, and technologies to create efficient data flows, maintain data integrity, and optimize system performance.
Why is Salesforce Integration Architect important?

• Effective integration results in companies achieve operational efficiency.
• Enables compliance and governance
• Globally recognized certification
• Enables a competitive advantage in the job market with Salesforce integrations skills.
• Certifies your skills in integrating Salesforce and other systems.

Who should take the Salesforce Integration Architect Exam?

• Salesforce Integration Architect
• Solutions Architect
• Technical Architect
• Enterprise Architect
• Integration Consultant
• Salesforce Developer
• Cloud Solutions Architect
• System Integrator
• Business Analyst (with integration focus)
• IT Project Manager

Skills Evaluated

Candidates taking the certification exam on the Salesforce Integration Architect is evaluated for the following skills:

• Salesforce integration patterns and techniques.
• Designing scalable integration solutions.
• Various APIs, such as REST and SOAP.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Knowledge of middleware tools and integration platforms.
• Data security and compliance in integrations.
• Data modeling and mapping techniques.
• Troubleshoot and optimize integration performance.

Salesforce Integration Architect Certification Course Outline
The Salesforce Integration Architect covers the following topics -

1. Evaluate the Current System Landscape: 8%

• Given a set of business requirements, identify the current system landscape and determine what standards, limitations, boundaries, and protocols exist.
• Given an existing system landscape, analyze for constraints and/or pain-points to satisfy a business requirement(s).
• Given a set of requirements, evaluate the authentication and authorization needs based on the system landscape.

2. Evaluate Business Needs: 11%

• Given a use case, identify functional and non-functional requirements needed for integration.
• Based on a given integration requirement, identify and classify data into Confidential/Secure/Public.
• Given a use case, identify key factors for CRM success that should be included as integration requirements.
• Given a use case, identify the business growth and regulatory factors that can impact choice of integration solutions.

3. Translate Needs to Integration Requirements: 22%

• Given an existing system landscape diagram, create an inventory of the systems and integration patterns.
• Given a use case and business process, evaluate system and process constraints.
• Given a use case, identify integration security/authentication/authorization requirements.
• Given a use case, identify performance needs (volumes, response times, latency) and propose appropriate integration solutions that will meet business requirements.

4. Design Integration Solutions: 28%

• Given a use case, identify the integration pattern that meets business requirements.
• Given a use case, define the components which create a solution that meets business requirements.
• Given a use case, identify the trade-offs, limitations, and constraints that meet the proposed solution.
• Given a use case that includes technical requirements, constraints, or drivers, specify the appropriate Salesforce application programming interface(s) (API) for the proposed solution.
• Given a use case that includes technical requirements, constraints, or drivers, determine the standards, components, techniques, and security mechanism that should be used.

5. Build Solution: 23%

• Given a use case that includes technical requirements, constraints, or drivers, identify the considerations when designing and implementing an API(s), both Salesforce as an API provider and Salesforce as an API consumer.
• Given a use case, identify the considerations when choosing the right option in making an outbound call to an external system.
• Given a use case, describe what should be considered when building a scalable solution.
• Given a use case, determine error handling for different integration options.
• Given a use case, create a security solution for inbound or outbound integrations.
• Given a use case, identify the factors needed to build resilience in an integration solution for system updates.

6. Maintain Integration: 8%

• Given an integration maintenance use case, identify performance monitoring needs for integration requirements.
• Given a use case, identify the appropriate error handling, escalation, and recovery procedures for a failed integration.
• Given a use case, identify reporting needs for integration monitoring.