Salesforce Certified Integration Architect Exam: Comprehensive Study Guide 2023 (Online Access Included)

Congratulations on taking the next step to prepare for your Salesforce Certified Integration Architect credential. This exam guide has the information you need to help you study and prepare for your exam.

Welcome to our ebook, "Salesforce Certified Integration Architect". This resource has been meticulously crafted to provide a comprehensive guide for those who are aspiring to take a significant step in their Salesforce career.

Exam outline
The Salesforce Integration Architect exam measures a candidate’s knowledge and skills related to the following objectives. A candidate should have hands-on experience with Integration Architecture application and demonstrate the knowledge and expertise in each of the areas below.

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.

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.

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.

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 determine the standards, components, techniques, and security mechanism that should be used.
Build Solution: 23%
• Given a use case that includes technical requirements, constraints or drivers, identify the considerations when designing and implementing API(s), both Salesforce as an API provider and Salesforce as an API consumer.
• 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.
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.

This ebook covers all these areas in detail. We delve deep into each topic, breaking down complex concepts into comprehensible nuggets. We also provide practical examples and scenarios to aid your understanding and prepare you for the type of questions you might encounter in the exam.