Today Salesforce published Summer’15 release(Preview) notes. The Summer’15 release of Salesforce.com is now in available under pre-release program. On 08th and 09th May Sandboxes will be upgraded so that your organization gets the look and feel of Summer’15 release. In this release you can find lot’s of enhancement related toSalesforce1 and Process Builder. The Data Loader, an easy-to-use graphical tool that helps you import, export, update, and delete Salesforce data, is now available for Mac OS X. BigObjects(Pilot) is a new capability to let you store and manage data at scale on the Salesforce platform. BigObjects (Pilot) helps you engage directly with customers by preserving all your historical customer event data. Comply with Data Protection Requirements UsingPlatform Encryption (Generally Available). With Platform Encryption, sensitive field data (Encrypt files and attachments,Encrypt certain Standard and Custom fields) are masked to limit who can see the information. Controls help to protect your data. These controls include the use of derived data encryption keys and customer-controlled key rotation, generation, and destruction processes. Support for Microsoft® Internet Explorer® versions 7 and 8 is discontinued as of Summer’15. Below are the quick summary of Summer’15 release from user’s / customer’s
Customer/User’s Point of view :–
1. Ability to convert leads to Contact from Salesforce1 app (Generally Available) : – Now Sales reps can convert, qualified leads to contacts and create opportunities on the fly which helps sales reps to grow their revenue pipeline. When sales reps use Salesforce1 to convert leads to existing contacts, they can choose to keep lead sources from the existing contacts or replace the lead sources with the ones from the converted leads. This option is available in all versions of Salesforce1. To enable this feature follow the path Setup | Build | Customize | Leads | Settings and select Enable Conversions on the Salesforce1 App check-box as shown in the following screenshot
2. Data Loader for Mac :- The Data Loader, an easy-to-use graphical tool that helps you import, export, update, and delete Salesforce data, is now available for Mac OS X. To download the Mac version of Data Loader follow the pathSetup | Administer | Data Management | Data Loader
3. Setup Assistant for Newly Activated Organizations:- Its help you to complete basic configurations and get critical sales data into Salesforce, so you can get your sales teams up and running quickly. Setup Assistant helps you import data and customize your sales stages all through easy-to-use wizards. And we’ve included helpful videos to get you and your teams on the way to increasing sales in Salesforce. For the first ninety days in newly activated Salesforce organizations, you see a prompt to get you started
4. Edit Feed Posts and Comments : – Now you can edit your own feed posts. Record owners can edit any post on records they own, no matter who created the post. Administrators can edit posts and grant editing rights to specific individuals. To enable this feature follow the path Setup | Build | Customize | Chatter | Settings and select Allow users to edit posts and comments check-box, please see the following screenshot for more details
Salesforce1 users can’t edit feed posts or comments. Feed items edited in the full site do appear in Salesforce1.
5 Increased character limit for Chatter group information field :- The character limit for the Information field in groups is now increased to 4,000 characters. The previous limit was 1,000 characters. This increase in characters allows you to share more information with group members and nonmembers looking for details on the group page.
6 Unified User Digest (Beta) :- Now you can redesign user digest email that’s more mobile friendly, better organized, and better coordinated with group digests.It helps you to improve the user experience by creating a custom compact layout (Organize Posts organized, Group picture etc) by priority for user digest. Contact your account executive or open a case with Support to enable the unified user digest beta.
7 Choose the Logout Page for Salesforce Users : – Now you can direct users to a specific logout destination that maintains your own branding experience after they log out of Salesforce or, send them to a specific authentication provider’s page. To enable this service follow the path Setup | Administer | Security Controls | Session Settings,navigate to Logout Page Settings section and set the Logout URL of the custom logout page.
8 Enforce login IP ranges on every request : – The Enforce login IP ranges on every request Session Settings option restricts the IP addresses from which users can access Salesforce to only the IP addresses defined in Login IP Ranges. To enable this service follow the path Setup | Administer | Security Controls | Session Settings, and select Enforce login IP ranges on every request check-box, as shown in the following screenshot
9. Administrators Can Log in as Any User :- Administrators with Modify All Data permission and delegated administrators with View Setup and Configuration permission can log in as any user without asking end users to grant access. Previously, this option was available only if Salesforce enabled the Administrators Can Log in as Any User setting for your organization. To enable this service follow the path Setup | Administer | Security Controls |Login Acces Policies and select Administrators Can Log in as Any User check-box, as shown in the following screenshot
10. Number of Custom Profiles Allowed :- To ensure better performance, your organization can have up to 1,500 custom profiles per user license type. If your organization has too many custom profiles, consider using permission sets to grant additional permissions and access settings to the users who need them.
11. Merge, Rename, or Delete Topics in Communities : – As the number of topics in your community grows, curate them to improve usability. In Community Management, you can merge, rename, and delete topics in one convenient location. After Summer’15 release, topic merging is fully featured, now including topic-following and endorsement data.
12. Partner and Customer Users Can Now Read, Create, and Edit Ideas : – After Summer’15 release Customer Community, Customer Community Plus, and Partner Community licenses users can have read, create, and edit permission on ideas. Previously, partner and customer users could only read and create ideas.
13. Partner Users Can Now Read, Create, and Edit Campaigns : – After Summer’15 release a Partner Community license can have read, create, and edit permission on campaigns. Previously, partner users could only read campaigns.
14. Choose from 59 New Locales :- Your locale settings determine the display formats for date and time, users’ names, addresses, and whether to use commas or periods in numbers. Salesforce now offers a broader range of locales.
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