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暫譯: 成為 Salesforce Certified Technical Architect－第三版：掌握專家指導的架構精髓，通過 CTA 評審並領導大規模 c

Prepare for the CTA board with hands-on scenarios and expert guidance. Master Salesforce architecture, including Data Cloud, Hyperforce, and AI, and lead scalable programs with confidence.

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Key Features:

- Prepare for the prestigious CTA review board with guidance from an experienced Salesforce CTA

- Practice with realistic scenarios, solution presentations, and three complete mock reviews

- Master Salesforce architecture across data, security, integration, governance, and communication

Book Description:

Achieving the Salesforce CTA credential is the ultimate milestone for Salesforce professionals, and this book is your definitive roadmap to getting there. This updated edition equips you with the skills, structure, and confidence to design, present, and defend enterprise-scale solutions that meet real-world business challenges. Through realistic scenarios and hands-on guidance, this book helps you think, plan, and communicate like a CTA.

Written by Tameem Bahri, a Salesforce Certified Technical Architect with more than 20 years of enterprise architecture experience and many years of CTA coaching, the book turns CTA expectations into a clear, repeatable method. Through realistic scenarios and three full mock reviews, you will learn to analyze ambiguous requirements, evaluate trade-offs, create architecture artifacts, and communicate an end-to-end solution under scrutiny.

This edition introduces significant updates, including new guidance on Hyperforce, Data360, and AI concepts. It also includes a brand-new full mock scenario. You'll explore modern patterns, governance automation, and data compliance in the context of evolving Salesforce technology.

By the end of this book, you'll be ready to face the CTA review board with a tested framework, practical artifacts, and the confidence to lead complex enterprise programs as a trusted Salesforce Technical Architect.

Add-on: Online platform with Exam Tips and Flashcards

What You Will Learn:

- Understand the CTA review board format, process, and evaluation areas

- Analyze ambiguous requirements and identify architecture drivers

- Evaluate options, trade-offs, risks, and constraints

- Design secure, scalable data, integration, and identity architectures

- Create artifacts that communicate an end-to-end solution

- Align governance, delivery, and release strategies

- Explain and defend architecture decisions with clarity

- Apply architecture practices through realistic scenarios

- Prepare strategically for the CTA review board

Who this book is for:

This book is primarily for experienced Salesforce architects, consultants, and technical leads preparing for the CTA review board or leading complex Salesforce programs. Software, solution, and enterprise architects outside the Salesforce ecosystem will also benefit from its transferable methods for requirements, trade-offs, secure and scalable design, governance, visualization, and decision communication. Examples and product choices are Salesforce-specific. CTA candidates should have substantial Salesforce implementation experience and at least three years in an architecture role.

Table of Contents

- Starting Your Journey as a CTA

- Core Architectural Concepts: Data Life Cycle

- Core Architectural Concepts: Integration and Cryptography

- Core Architectural Concepts: Identity and Access Management

- Core Architectural Concepts: Design Patterns

- Developing a Scalable System Architecture

- Formulating a Secure Architecture in Salesforce

- Designing a Scalable Salesforce Data Architecture

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