The Mphasis Silverline Blog
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Tools
The Pros and Cons of SSO with Salesforce Identity Connect
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What is Salesforce Identity Connect? Salesforce Identity Connect is an Identity Provider that allows businesses to connect their Active Directory network with Salesforce. Once installed, Salesforce users and Active Directory users can be synchronized, and steps can be taken to simplify or eliminate the Salesforce login process without compromising security. Pro: User Administration in Salesforce...
Around the Office
Around the Office: Take your Child to Work Day 2015
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We wholeheartedly agree with JFK when he said, “Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.” That’s why we decided to celebrate our very first take your child to work day. The day is a nation-wide event organized by the Take our Sons and Daughters to Work Foundation. Both parents and...
Tools
Gain Valuable Insights with Salesforce Wave and the Usage Metrics Pilot
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The usage metrics pilot announced by Salesforce in April of 2014 is a fire hose of data about the usage of the app in question. In our experience, the addition of Salesforce Wave to the mix greatly increases the utility of the data. The Wave analytics platform allows you to quickly analyze large datasets to glean...
Guest Post
Supercharge Your Data Management With These Handy Salesforce Admin Tools
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We asked our team for some of their favorite tools that system admins can use to make their lives easier. Many of them are also free! How many of these do you use? Data Quality Dataloader.io: Easily import, export, and delete data in Salesforce. Schedule imports, auto-map and more… what’s not to love? There are...
Help & Training
8 Tips for New Salesforce Consultants
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Have you ever felt like you’re flailing out in space with nothing to ground you? When I first entered the world of consulting, I felt this way. Luckily, I had a great team of mentors at Silverline who have helped me develop into a strong consultant. Now, I’m happy to share the knowledge in a new series of...
Financial Services
Introducing the Next-Generation Solution for Meeting Notes in Salesforce
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Feeling limited by native Salesforce activities? You’re not alone! So many of our Investment Banking clients have emphasized how important it is to track their relationships by taking good meeting notes – and how hard it is to do so in Salesforce. Silverline has built a Meeting Notes solution that overcomes these native Salesforce limitations...
