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  1. Hi John

    I´m starting to plan my study time to my certification and I´d like to know , in general, how many hours should I dedicate to study for my certification? I meand to go through all content. I just need to have an idea to plan my time.

    Thanks a lot

  2. Hi John,

    Is there an easy way to stop notifications for new comments on a post you added a while ago.

    I am still getting notifications on a post I added a long time ago I would like to stop the notifications?

    Cheers

    Jon

  3. Hi John,

    I’ve started using COD today and thrilled for it. Just created my new dev org and Salesforce has prompted me with a pending critical update of ” Require TLS 1.1 or higher for HTTPS connections”. Is it Ok to update for the purposes of these classes?

    Many thanks for this awesome offering.
    Best,

    David G.

  4. Hi John,
    Thanks for having this site.I finally found a site on which i can bank on my certification preparation.I am planning to give my certification on 1st week of June,just wanted to know if this site is updated and I can rely on your site for my preparation.

  5. HI John,
    I just joined. I am from a IT background with business/system analysis programming ability. I do some system administration work on Salesforce on a freelance basis. ( Self thought)
    1. Covering these material alone is sufficient to get through the exam? (Salesforce Certified Administrator (WI16))
    2. How many hours (aprox) required to cover these materiel?
    3. Can you please send me a invoice to my email.

    Thanks very much

  6. Hi John,
    I recently passed Salesforce Admin(201) Cerification and I followed this site for the admin study guide.It helped me a lot for my certification.Now I am planning to
    take Salesforce Platform App builder exam . I searched for the study guide over here but I couldn’t able to find.I could find only Admin study guide.Do you have study guide for App builder exam or Can you suggest any study guide apart from provided by Salesforce.

    Thanks

    1. Hey congrats- saw your other post as well. No direct guide, but here’s what I’ve shared with others:

      Just completed the App Builder migration exam. It was pretty straightforward – make sure to study order of execution (workflow, validation, process builder, etc.), Salesforce1 layouts, Lightning Pages & Standard Components, rollup summaries and master-detail relationships, publisher actions, and the relationship between actions and page layouts / Salesforce1. All of these are addressed in the study guide.

  7. Hi,
    Iam planning to give my ADM 201 exam. Iam new to sales force and just wondering if this study guide will help me pass the certification exam for winter 16 release
    Thanks

  8. Hi John,
    I am completely new to this site and Salesforce as well. I am currently working as an associate consultant in Siebel CRM and interested to work in salesforce thereafter. Request you to please guide me as to which certification should I appear for and how to start preparing for the same.
    Thanks

    1. The admin certification is always a good start – this guide will help you get there. If you are working a lot in app development then you might consider the app builder certification instead or in addition.

  9. Today I passed my Salesforce Certified Administrator Exam. The training material on CertifiedOnDemand was a hugh help! Thank you very much for offering this great resource! I especially liked the clarification provided upon completion of each quiz helping to quickly understand why each multiplce choice was a valid answer or not.

  10. Hi John,

    Successfully passed the ADM 201 exam today. This site was absolutely a huge help in my preparation. A few tips that I would offer anyone reading this are:

    1) purchase the subscription for full access to this site and use it!
    2) The material categorized as ‘should” is absolutely worth reviewing. Many of the “could” sections are very helpful as well.
    3) If using the flashcards on http://www.Quizlet.com (as mentioned on this site), suggest that you read the questions and then use your dev org to run through the scenarios. Only then, flip the card and compare the answer. Some answers are outdated (or wrong), but the questions can prove to be a useful topics for study.

    P.S. I also took the instructor lead Administration Essentials for Experienced Admin (ADM-211) back in April and will take the exam in a few months. Do you also provide a study tool for that exam?

    Thanks again!

  12. Hey John,

    Is there a reason why the study guide is made assuming that Improved Setup User Interface is disabled? Is there a benefit to having it disabled? It sounds counter intuitive.

  13. Hi John,
    I am new to SalesForce and studying at my own. Can you please guide me for some practice questions for ADM 201 certification.
    Also what do I need to do to get the certification practice material?

    Regards

  15. Hello John,
    How do I get upgraded to the guide. I have just stumble on your site yesterday, sign up for the free stuff and now will like like to purchase.Need your guide.

  16. Hi John

    I am looking to pass ADM 201 exam so before buying I wanted to know what type of material this site will provide me in passing this exam ,means practise exam like resources so wanted to know the details for them

    Thx

    Mohit

  17. John: I have found this guide amazingly helpful. The way you have curated the countless resources and created some of your own is amazing. It has given me the freedom to quickly refresh on topics I’m comfortable with and do a deeper dive on more complex/unfamiliar topics.

    That being said, I see this study guide as a resource that I will come back to after the exam. Is my subscription limited by time (e.g., six-month, 12-month access)?

  18. Hi John,

    I would want to know if the topic notes available on your CoD website is updated as per features of Spring 15 release and as per the study guide of Spring 15 available on the SF website?

      1. Why are you instructing us, who just subscribed today as myself, to set our org to “Summer 13 Release Training”, I’m concerned about learning outdated material, please explain, are your tests and questions passed on 2013 or 2015?

        1. This guide was written in 2013 using the navigation menus at that time. It has been updated hundreds of times since then. However, I have not re-written all of the exercises for the new UI menu (the functions are exactly the same, the menu items are just ordered differently). The reference to the new UI feature is the link that reference the Summer 13 release training – for your reference. The only release notes that you should review as of today’s writing are the Spring 15 release notes.

  19. Needs editing:

    Side note: one of the best ways you can learn Salesforce is by answer questions

    …should read

    Side note: one of the best ways you can learn Salesforce is by answering questions

  20. Hi John,
    Thank you so much for putting this information together. I’m just getting started on going through the material and I saw immediately that the “New UI Theme” needs to be disabled to be compatible with your material, but I now see in my developer org that it cannot be disabled. So I know everything is still there, it’s just been rearranged. Is there a work-around on this in my Org, or am I stuck? If this question is premature because you address it later in your material or if you’ve already addressed it with a previous post, forgive me.
    Thanks again!

  22. Thanks John for the quick reply. One more question. I assume the current ADM 201 exam is based on Winter 2015 and any idea by what month/date this will get updated to Spring 2015? By March or in Feb? I am preparing based on Winter 15 and hope to give the exam which will be based on Winter 15 only.

    1. It will get updated, yes. The fundamentals won’t change from release to release – you do need to be aware of the changes in the platform, but it shouldn’t dramatically impact the exam. You can always take the release training that Salesforce provides for free as well.

  23. Hello John,

    Is this study guide compatible with Winter 15 SF release? I will be taking the ADM 201 exam in Feb 2015 and wondering if this study guide would be compatible with the Feb 2015 ADM 2-1 examination questions. Please clarify.

  24. Hi John,
    I have purchased the material today, and planning to prepare for the ADM 201 and wanted to target the exam in the next March ?
    Will there be any exams in the march , because i am so confused on the exam dates (winter, summer,spring releases)

    I have a good knowledge of CRM, as i worked on Siebel for 5 years , Can you suggest if this is more or less similar to sales force ?? And how should i proceed on?

    And i am more worried about the how long the preparation will take? i hope the questions will be answered during my preparation.

    Thanks,
    Dharani

    1. Check webassessor for exam dates and availability. The material won’t change drastically between releases, and you can take release training to cover any gaps in knowledge. I have never personally used Seibel, so I can’t say what the relationship is between the two. I would suggest that you start on the guide and see how things go – preparation can take anywhere from a matter of days to several months. It depends on a lot of different variables. Good luck!

  25. Hi John,

    I’m just starting out and a little confused. It says here “ensure your org is configured for this guide” and then a link to the summer 13 release training. Do I need to do this step at all since the winter 15 has been released? http://www.salesforce.com/customer-resources/releases/winter15/release-training.jsp

    Or do I continue with the summer 13, and then afterwards go over winter 15? Apologies if it’s a dumb question, I’m just starting out with zero knowledge here.

    Thanks,

    Gary

    1. Yes – you need to complete this step. There was a new UI feature that was released that will change the setup menu that is enabled by default in new orgs. The link is to the release training on this feature. Hope that makes sense…

  27. Question about the actual exam format:
    When questions have multiple answers on the exam is it specified how many correct answers there should be?
    Ex: Pick two, pick three vs. Pick all that apply

    Also, how difficult would you say you made your practice exam in comparison to actual exam questions? Is it a little easier or on par in terms of difficulty?

    Thanks so much for all your resources!! They have been a huge help.

  28. Hi John,
    I read good reviews about this website and planning to appear for ADM 201 very soon.
    Before my purchase , I want to make sure is this website and study material provided here is sufficient for passing the exams??
    Please let me know ASAP,
    Thanks

    1. This guide will point you to all of the information that you need to successfully complete the admin exam – of course, that does not mean that you will necessarily pass. I have heard from many students that use this site as the sole source for prep and pass on the first attempt.

  31. Hi John, I am planning to take ADMIN(201) EXAM in Nov 2014,Please advice if the objectives listed on your site is enough to pass the exam.
    I am new to salesforce .

    Thank you!

    1. The short answer is yes – I’ve passed several exams without guides or training. This guide will definitely accelerate your learning and increase your chances of passing, but of course there are no guarantees. The practice exams should give you a good indication.

  32. Hi John, The latest release is now Summer 14 with Winter release fast approaching. I would like to purchase the full study guide but wanted to confirm first that it is up to date with Summer 14 release. Thank you for your time!

    1. It was updated for Winter 14 – there are references to the release training materials so that you will have training that addresses the delta between this guide and the current version. There aren’t many fundamental changes in the core product between releases.

  33. Hi John, How much time is needed to prepare for certification. Also, is your guide enough or do I need to refer to other material during the certification prep? Do you have material for the Salesforce.com Certified Sales Cloud Consultant exam as well?

    1. It all depends on you prior experience, learning style, etc. I would reference as much materials as you have access to (particularly premiere training if available) and spend as much time in SFDC as possible. This guide should cover the vast majority of the exam topics but you will need to dig in to really understand them well. No other study guides at this point.

  34. Hi John,

    Thanks for all the great material. For the 14 version, I understand you will email us once it is released; however, I am new to the community and not sure if you already sent out the update or we still need to supplement with spring 14? Thanks. PS, I plan to take the exam in July, would spring 14 enough or there will be new version out? Thanks again!

  35. Hi, John,
    New to your site and loving it so far. Thank you for narrowing down all the training avenues, articles, posts, videos, etc!

    The Salesforce site says that for the Certified Admin exam, I should take their instructor led course, or two of their online courses as well as watch a series of other videos they have available. Is your study guide intended to be a replacement for those courses or in addition to those courses? If I’m diligent about working through the material and studying the resources you’ve listed, should I be pretty well prepared without those online (or instructor led) classes from Salesforce?

    1. Hi Sherry – the short answer is that it depends. You can self-study and pass the exam; I’ve done it several times myself. It will take longer than if you attend training. Training will help but is not required.

  37. I can see a section called “Summer 13 Release Training” which link to a salesforce.com site page. Is this training guide based on Summer 13 release?

    1. The guide is regularly updated to reflect the latest edition- however, the training materials that are best/easily referenced are contained within the Summer13 release training, hence it is being referenced. Thanks for the Q!

      1. Have you updated your content for the Winter 2014 release? I will certifying March 21st 2014; do you know if the exam for this date will be using the Winter 2014 release? Thanks!

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