Winter 20
Winter 20 highlights
Permission Set Groups: Assign users a single permission set group instead of multiple permission sets. Install Even More Custom Objects …
Winter 20 Summary
Well its been a big release. Better control over external user access to data through controlling the org wide defaults …
Check a Field’s References and Find Reports Using It (Generally Available)
With the click of a button, view the references to a custom field before you edit it, such as references …
Allow Access to Customized Actions Perm Is No Longer Required
The Allow Access to Customized Actions permission is no longer required to access customized actions. Where: This change applies to …
Monitor Your Custom Object and Settings Count in System Overview
Compare the number of custom objects and settings that you’ve created against the total number in your org, including the …
Keep Sharing Records When Migrating to Enterprise Territory Management
If you’re migrating to Enterprise Territory Management, you can keep your original territory sharing records so that your sales team …
Sharing Setting: Set an External Access Level for Leads (Beta)
You can now assign different internal and external access levels for leads. Use external org-wide defaults to set a more …
Sharing Setting: Safeguard Your Data by Setting External Access Levels for More Standard Objects (Generally Available)
You can now set external access levels for many more standard objects. Select more restrictive access for external users without …
Sharing Setting: Secure Guest Users’ Sharing Settings
When you enable the Secure guest user record access setting, you set guest users' org-wide defaults to Private for all objects. This …
Install Even More Custom Objects in Your Org
We did it again: We raised the total hard limit for custom objects in an org to 3,000 (up from …
Salesforce – 30 Plus Permissions & Security Enhancements Permission Set Groups: Group Permission Sets Based on User Roles for Easier Assignment (Beta)
Assign users a single permission set group instead of multiple permission sets. Permission set groupscombine selected permission sets to provide …
Winter 19
Stabilize the Hostname for My Domain URLs in Sandboxes (PreviouslyReleased Critical Update)
We’re removing instance names from MyDomain URLs for sandboxes. The instance name identifieswhere your Salesforce sandbox org is hosted. Removing …
Salesforce Shield: Platform Encryption: Insurance Fields, Settings viaMetadata API, and Skinny Tables for Deterministic Encryption (GenerallyAvailable)
Not only can you encrypt more data with Shield Platform Encryption, but you can manage yourencrypted data and settings more …
Salesforce Shield: Event Monitoring: General Availability of Real-Time EventMonitoring and Enhanced Transaction Security, Legacy Transaction Security Retiring
Keeping a close eye on what’s happening in your org is easier with the new Real-Time Event Monitoringfeature, which is …
Salesforce – Other Security Changes: Salesforce Edge, Setup Enhancements, TLS 1.2 Enforcement, and Instanceless Sandboxes
We’re moving customers with My Domains and Custom Domains to Salesforce Edge. The DomainsSetup page now shows more details, and …
Salesforce – Route My Domains Through Salesforce Edge (Critical Update)
We’re accelerating domain requests for My Domains. With this update, you keep the same My Domainaddress, but requests go through …
Salesforce – Speed Up Custom Domain Requests Through Salesforce Edge
Behind the scenes, we’re accelerating requests for Custom Domains by moving them to Salesforce Edge.This move improves performance through machine …
Salesforce – Manage Access to Permission Sets, Profiles, and Password Resets withSession-Security-Level Policies
Require that users have a high-assurance session level before accessing certain Setup pages or objects.You can even completely block users …
Salesforce – Require TLS 1.2 for HTTPS Connections (Critical Update, Enforced)
Require TLS 1.2 for HTTPS Connections was a critical update in Summer ’19 and is enforced in Winter ’20on October …
Salesforce – Stabilize the Hostname for My Domain URLs in Sandboxes (Previously Released Critical Update)
We’re removing instance names from MyDomain URLs for sandboxes. The instance name identifieswhere your Salesforce sandbox org is hosted. Removing …