Platform Integration Architect
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Exam Overview
From the official exam guide
Questions
65
Duration
120 min
To Pass
63%
Pricing
$400 registration · $200 retake
Delivery
Online proctored or at a testing center
Experience
3-5 years of Salesforce implementation experience recommended
Prerequisites
No prerequisites required
Exam Topics
Each topic section shows the topic weight, learning objectives, and links to study resources.
Evaluate the Current System Landscape8%
Integration protocol inventory (REST, SOAP, event-driven), API limits and governor limit constraints, authentication and authorization requirements, inbound vs. outbound network topology, and legacy system interoperability.
- 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.
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Evaluate Business Needs11%
Functional and non-functional integration requirements, data classification (Confidential/Secure/Public), CRM success factors, regulatory and business growth constraints affecting integration choices.
- 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.
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Translate Needs to Integration Requirements22%
System inventory and integration pattern mapping, process and system constraint evaluation, security and authentication requirements, performance needs (volume, latency, response time), and appropriate integration solution selection.
- 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.
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Design Integration Solutions28%
Integration pattern selection, API selection (REST, Bulk, Streaming, Platform Events, Pub/Sub, Composite, Connect API), trade-off analysis, component design, MuleSoft Anypoint as middleware, security mechanisms, and data virtualization.
- 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.
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Build Solution23%
Salesforce as API provider and consumer, outbound call options (Apex callout, Flow HTTP, External Services, Outbound Messages), asynchronous processing patterns, scalability and governor limits, error handling strategies, OAuth and Named Credential security, and integration resilience.
- 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.
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Maintain Integration8%
Performance monitoring for integrations, API governance and lifecycle management, error handling and escalation procedures, Platform Events replay and dead-letter handling, Named Credential rotation, and reporting for integration health.
- 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.
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