EDUCBA

Salesforce Administration Fundamentals Specialization

EDUCBA

Salesforce Administration Fundamentals Specialization

Build Practical Salesforce Administration Skills.

Configure Salesforce users, security, objects, records, and data quality without coding.

EDUCBA

Instructor: EDUCBA

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Beginner level

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4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Configure Salesforce organization settings, users, activities, profiles, permissions, and security controls.

  • Design Salesforce data structures using custom fields, objects, relationships, roles, and sharing settings.

  • Build effective record experiences using layouts, record types, validation rules, formulas, and views.

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September 2026

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Specialization - 4 course series

CRM Fundamentals and User Experience

CRM Fundamentals and User Experience

Course 1, 5 hours

What you'll learn

  • Explain Salesforce CRM fundamentals and how its features support daily business activities.

  • Configure basic Salesforce organization settings, user profiles, and access options.

  • Use navigation, email, Chatter, search, layouts, and home pages to improve usability and support users.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Administrative Support
Category: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design
Category: Administration
Category: End User Training and Support
Category: Customer Relationship Management
Category: User Experience Design
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: User Experience
Category: User Provisioning
Category: Business Administration
Category: Salesforce
Category: Usability
Category: Collaborative Software
Category: User Accounts
Category: User Interface (UI) Design
Category: Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software
Category: System Support
Category: UI Components
Category: Business
Category: Collaboration
Apply CRM Activity and Access Security

Apply CRM Activity and Access Security

Course 2, 5 hours

What you'll learn

  • Manage Salesforce tasks and events to support accurate activity tracking and customer interactions.

  • Create custom fields and configure system settings to capture organization-specific business data.

  • Apply profile, permission set, login, field-level security, and permission controls to protect data.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Capture
Category: Systems Administration
Category: System Configuration
Category: Data Management
Category: Security Management
Category: Data Access
Category: Calendar Management
Category: Customer Data Management
Category: Salesforce
Category: System Support
Category: User Provisioning
Category: Administration
Category: Business
Category: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Security Controls
Category: Information Management
Category: Administrative Support
Category: Customer Relationship Management
Category: Data Security
Configure CRM Roles, Sharing, and Objects

Configure CRM Roles, Sharing, and Objects

Course 3, 5 hours

What you'll learn

  • Configure Salesforce roles and role hierarchies to manage record visibility across organizational levels.

  • Apply organization-wide defaults and sharing settings to establish secure record access.

  • Explain Salesforce architecture and create custom objects and relationships for business data needs.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Security Controls
Category: Information Management
Category: System Support
Category: Business Requirements
Category: Design
Category: Data Architecture
Category: Security Management
Category: Data Management
Category: Business Architecture
Category: Data Security
Category: Data Sharing
Category: IT Security Architecture
Category: Information Architecture
Category: Data Access
Category: System Configuration
Category: Data Structures
Category: Business
Category: Database Architecture and Administration
Category: Salesforce
Category: Data Modeling
Design CRM Records and Validate Data

Design CRM Records and Validate Data

Course 4, 8 hours

What you'll learn

  • Create and modify Salesforce fields, objects, relationships, and tabs to organize business data.

  • Design record experiences using page layouts, record types, list views, and search layouts.

  • Apply validation rules, formula fields, and page actions to improve data quality and productivity.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Business
Category: Records Management
Category: Administrative Support
Category: Process Design
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Customer Relationship Management
Category: Design
Category: Data Integrity
Category: Verification And Validation
Category: Data Access
Category: Record Keeping
Category: Business Solutions
Category: Business Process
Category: Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software
Category: Productivity
Category: Data Entry
Category: Salesforce
Category: Data Quality
Category: Data Validation
Category: User Experience Design

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