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[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

Introducing the @salesforce Architecture Blog: Community Author Program, a new opportunity for Salesforce Architects to share real-world implementation expertise, architectural insights, and lessons learned with the broader community. 🐘

Real architects. Real insights. Real impact.

Learn more before submissions open June 1: https://t.co/x7Xfjvn52t

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

Deterministic conversational flows help agents maintain context, follow business rules, and consistently collect the information your business depends on. 💬

In this 🆕 blog, Khalid Igorman, Forward Deployed Engineer Director, and Tohar Patel, Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, detail how their team moved from a probabilistic model to a deterministic, state-managed architecture using Agent Script, and the architectural decisions that made the difference.

Read the blog: https://t.co/9cNRkXCncy

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

Help shape the future of @Salesforce diagrams. 📐

We’re gathering feedback on current diagramming practices and needs to help improve resources for Salesforce Architects.

Complete the survey: https://t.co/FrcDb4hLLs

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

Architect challenge:

“It depends” is off the table for this conversation.

What’s your go-to architect response instead? 👀

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

Architecture is built through community, mentorship, and shared experience. 🌍

Today, we’re excited to introduce the 2026 cohort of @salesforce Architect Ambassadors, a group of experienced architects helping scale architecture best practices through mentorship, workshops, knowledge sharing, and community leadership around the world.

Please join us in congratulating them: https://t.co/LJI2FoaixL

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

If you’re designing multi-source data architecture on the @salesforce platform, zero-copy data virtualization is an important integration strategy to understand.💡

In this video, Aditya Naag Topalli, Salesforce Developer Advocate, covers the BigQuery zero-copy connector for federated queries against the source, plus the DLO-to-DMO mapping step that makes identity resolution work.

See how unified customer context can be built without introducing the complexity of moving or duplicating data. https://t.co/mZcP57XXpT

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

Slack integrations introduce more than connectivity. They introduce architectural decisions around trust, permissions, identity, and agent access. 🧩

In this new blog, Miriam McCabe takes a deep dive into three Slack-to-Salesforce integrations and the architectural decisions behind them from the perspective of a @salesforce Architect:
🔗 The default Salesforce org connection
🤖 Deploying Agentforce agents in Slack
🛠️ Slackbot integrations powered through MCP and Agentforce tools

Read the blog: https://t.co/7j1ajghoxS

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

Your work deserves a spotlight. ⭐️

The Agentforce In Action Challenge is your stage to showcase the most innovative Agentforce solutions you've built, from concept demos to real-world implementations. Here's how:

1️⃣ Record a 5-minute video
2️⃣ Post it on LinkedIn with #AgentforceInAction and tag @Trailhead
3️⃣ Submit the entry form

Every qualifying entry earns an Agentforce Codey t-shirt while supplies last. Submissions will be reviewed by a judging panel, and two winning entries will be selected each month to receive an Apple Watch Ultra.*

*Restrictions apply. See Official Rules: https://t.co/9wMbk4hSz2

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

Shape the future of agentic architecture guidance. 🔮

With the launch of the Agentforce-powered assistant on the Architecture Center, we’re exploring how agentic experiences can better support architects in finding trusted guidance, evaluating options, and navigating architectural decisions.

Share your feedback and what you'd like to see next: https://t.co/UjzhIoEfeB

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

What is one word to describe a Salesforce Architect? 🤔

We asked a few members of the community. A lot of different answers, and all very architect. 👀

Drop your word below.

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

Missed it live? The latest Think Like an Architect session is now available on demand. ▶️

Experts break down the technical complexities of securely exposing enterprise data to a third-party AI agent. Watch as they map out the integration patterns and debate exactly when to rely on traditional APIs versus Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Watch now: https://t.co/LRqR5uejbP

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

Built on years of enterprise architecture experience, Nadina D. Lisbon, Certified Technical Architect, wrote Make Your Existing Automation Agent-Ready to help @salesforce Architects move beyond theory and apply practical patterns for extending existing automation into agentic systems. ⚙️

Explore how to evaluate your current automation assets, isolate single-purpose actions, and safely connect deterministic flows and Apex to probabilistic reasoning engines.

Read the blog: https://t.co/HShpE7mdFp

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

What is @salesforce Headless 360, and how do you connect your first MCP client? 🔌

Watch as @NavaForce, Principal Architect Evangelist, explains the four-layer architecture behind Headless 360 and walks through a live Slack-to-Salesforce MCP integration demo.

Learn the concepts, see the architecture, and get started in three steps: https://t.co/CCMi3Pbno5

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

@salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) preparation is more than studying for an exam. It’s training your architectural thinking. 💭

In this new blog, Lilith Van Biesen, Principal Architect Evangelist, shares how the following Salesforce Architecture Program resources can help you sharpen your reasoning, deepen your product knowledge, and prepare for your CTA journey:

📘 Fundamentals
📐 Reference Diagrams
🧭 Decision Guides
🏗️ Well-Architected Framework
✍️ Salesforce Architecture Blog

Read the blog: https://t.co/IZHnZfFvBf

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

When a third-party AI agent becomes your sales channel, who owns the customer? 👔

A clothing company wants to sell through an AI-powered shopping platform. The platform owns the shopper relationship, manages transactions, and expects real-time access to products, inventory, ordering, and fulfillment updates. The challenge isn't choosing a technology. It's understanding the business constraints that should drive the architecture.

Join us on June 25 as we apply the What/How/Why framework to evaluate the requirements, uncover the trade-offs, and determine the right integration approach.
RSVP now: https://t.co/LRqR5uejbP

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

Your new Agentforce-powered assistant has arrived on the @salesforce Architecture Center. 🤖

Ask architecture questions in natural language and discover trusted Salesforce guidance across integrations, security, data, Agentforce, Salesforce Headless 360, Data 360, governance, and more. Grounded in trusted Architecture Center content—including Decision Guides, Reference Architectures, Patterns, and Well-Architected guidance—Agentforce helps you find relevant resources and navigate architectural decisions faster.

Try it out and share your feedback—we're just getting started.

🔗 https://t.co/tkcE4TUcMP
📝 https://t.co/MiY9Cgsfx1

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

How do you give a cross-platform AI agent real-time access to customer data through @salesforce Headless 360, while maintaining governance, security, and control? 🔒

In this new blog, Scott Ratliff, Principal Architect Evangelist, walks through the architectural decisions and trade-offs behind a fintech AI agent designed for trusted external access, real-time personalization, and scalable data interactions.

Read the blog: https://t.co/lzPl8z3uTW

[Salesforce Admins @SalesforceAdmns]

🔎 Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

➡️ Find the security risks.
➡️ Protect the data.
➡️ Lock down access.

Join Lead Admin Evangelist @SalesforceK8 for Security In Action on June 30 and get hands-on practice solving real-world Salesforce security challenges.

Save your spot: https://t.co/Bvig99kCcc

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

Join us on June 25 for Think Like an Architect: How to Decide between API and MCP 💭

Follow along as experts apply the What/How/Why approach to decide when REST APIs are the right integration pattern and when Salesforce-hosted MCP servers are the better fit for a @salesforce Headless 360 architecture. Join the conversation and bring your questions for the live Q&A.

RSVP now: https://t.co/pLm1bfyWJj

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

Architects, show off what you've designed! Demo your Agentforce agent in 3–5 mins for a shot at an Apple Watch Ultra. 🏆

Build. Share. Shine. ✨

*Restrictions apply. See Official Rules: https://t.co/r5cODB4xcl

[Trailhead @trailhead]

🧵 We just launched a new way to get recognized for your Agentforce work — and it might win you an Apple Watch Ultra. A thread. 👇🏼

[Salesforce Architects @SalesforceArchs]

Reminder: The @salesforce Architecture Blog: Community Author Program submission form closes tomorrow, June 19 at 5:00 p.m. PT. ⏰

Have lessons learned, architectural decisions, or real-world implementation experiences that could help others? Architecture gets better when architects learn from each other.

Submit today: https://t.co/5fKb8stws2