Dear Readers,
Recently I have passed my Integration Architecture Designer (SP20) exam. I this post, I will be sharing my experience and tips to pass the exam.
ABOUT THE EXAM
Exam Outline
Below is the outline of the exam, the topics and the weitage
- Salesforce Integration Capabilities: 28%
- Salesforce Integration Patterns: 17%
- Enterprise Integration Architecture Concepts: 15%
- Salesforce Integration Testing: 10%
- Integrating with Salesforce Security: 15%
- Tools: 10%
- Monitoring: 5%
Note: – If you are looking for dumps then this post is not for you.
This is how I scored in the exam
How did I prepare for the Exam
I have been working with Integration from the last 4.6+ years and have implemented min 50+ integrations. Apart from that, I have referred the below links
- Architect Journey: Integration Architecture Trailmix by #Trailhead – I will highly recommend completing this trail mix and the end goal should be practical implementations not to complete trail mix. In the end, you will get the hands-on exercises that you can practice.
- Integration using Salesforce Apex – a Playlist by #SFDCPanther
- Integration Pattern by Jitendra Zaa in #ApexHours
- Integration Pattern Salesforce Developer Blog
- When to use Which API? SOAP vs REST vs Chatter vs Bulk vs Streaming
- Outbound Message in Workflow rule. Note: – Salesforce outbound message can get the acknowledge from 3rd party
- Named Credentials in Salesforce
- How to use Lightning Connect in Salesforce.
- Play with External Objects in Salesforce
- Canvas application in Salesforce Lightning.
- Concept of Certificate and Keys
- Use of ETL tool and ESB tool.
- MuleSoft Related Questions will be there
- Platform Shield Encryption
- Connected App
These are the above topics which had many questions in the exam. with this I wish you all the best for your exam and if you have any questions feel free to reach out to me here.
Some additional tips from my side
- 1-2 answers will always be wrong, eliminate them
- From the remaining 2-3, you have your answer.
- If you are not able to find the correct answer then find the wrong answers and remaining is your answer.
- If you are confused, go with salesforce native functionality.
- Always look for a declarative approach like the outbound message, an external object, lightning connect, canvas application. If the solution is not achievable then use middleware or ETL and then use Apex ( least priority )
Wish you all the best for your exam (Y) #ArchitectMindSet #AskPanther #SFDCPanther #SayNoToDumps #DoNotBlazeSuchCertification
Hey Amit, As the exam is costly any references to sample questions for practice?
Hi,
You can refer flashcards or propofs quiz for the same and do the practices.
Can you share the propofs link, i tried searching i couldn’t find any
I do not have any link handy with me.
Caution folks: Even though the study path and the trailmix may still be the same but Scoring Sections have been revamped completely.
I have written the exam and failed once recently. The study material, trailmixes and other learning paths are all good and makes sense when you study BUT the exam turned out to be a different ballgame altogether. I found the questions extremely difficult and options very close. The subtle differences in the possible answers are not evident in study material.
I am sorry to hear that you are not able to clear the exam. Wishing you all the best in your future attempts. I am not questioning your preparation for the exam and also not questioning the clarity of the concept however if you do not have a clear understanding of the concept all the options will look close.
The trailmix is not up to date, the exam covers completely different things, there are shield and mulesoft questions that are not in the trailmix, canvas is not mentioned. I have not been able to find study material that fully encompasses what they are evaluating.
Canvas application and ETL tools are already mentioned over the post and if you will see the trail mix it has covered most of the things. About Platform Shield Encryption it is an essential part of the integration while data migration.