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by Everette Turner I Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Does Salesforce notify blackboard when IP addresses are updated?

The above link is an article that is maintained by Salesforce. Salesforce does not notify Blackboard when updates are made to their IP addresses and domains. Please bookmark the Salesforce article in order to ensure the whitelist is kept in sync.

Why is blackboard selling transact?

Read through this lens, the Transact sale is more likely an attempt to keep the company afloat as it responds to its shrinking base and growing competition from other LMS providers, such as Instructure’s Canvas. Image: Blackboard Inc. headquarters at 650 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC. (by AgnosticPreachersKid via Wiki Commons ).

What is the use of Salesforce connect?

Salesforce Connect Tightly integrate external data sources into your apps, giving employees a unified customer view, on any device. Admins can use point-and-click tools to bring data in or connect data between Salesforce instances, and developers can code simple APEX adapters to connect data from any web service API.

What are Blackboard Mobile credentials and how do they work?

Blackboard Mobile Credentials were announced in June 2018. In a press release issued at the time of the announcement, the company said that it would soon be “enhancing the student ID card experience with the ability to add a student ID to Wallet on iPhone and Apple Watch.”

How does Salesforce connect to database?

Salesforce Connect uses external data sources to access data that's stored outside your Salesforce org. You must configure an external data source and synchronize it to map its tables with external objects in Salesforce.

What does Salesforce Connect allow you to do?

Salesforce Connect enables you to set up a lookup relationship between the customer object (parent) and the external object (child) for orders. Then you can set up the page layouts for the parent object to include a related list that displays child records.

What is Salesforce lightning connect?

Salesforce Lightning Connect allows you to setup an external object (which is like an actual object in Salesforce, but is ReadOnly and cannot be used in reports, among other limitations) but the data is not stored in Salesforce.

Is Salesforce Connect free?

The price of Salesforce Connect depends on the data source and starts with a subscription of USD 4000/month. It is available for both the Enterprise and Unlimited editions of Salesforce.

What is the difference between Salesforce Connect and Heroku connect?

Salesforce Connect works with a variety of data sources. Any OData 2.0 data source can be pulled into Salesforce with Salesforce Connect. Heroku Connect can expose a Heroku Postgres database to Salesforce Connect. Any Heroku app can provide endpoints that can be consumed with Salesforce Connect.

What is ETL tool in Salesforce?

In all data operations, an ETL (extract, transform, and load) is how data moves from one place to another. There are many ETLs that can work with Salesforce. Some ETL tools move data out, and others load data in. Some are easy to use by non-programmers and beginners, and others are developer-level tools.

What are the two capabilities of Salesforce lightning connect?

Read/write from anywhere: Salesforce Connect allows you to create, read, update, and delete records in external sources in real-time. Custom Adapters for any web API: Developers can connect Salesforce to any web API. Connectors: Connect multiple Salesforce orgs across your company.

How much does Salesforce lightning cost?

Salesforce Lightning Professional — $100/user/month (billed annually)

How do I enable connect in Salesforce?

Overview of SetupCreate the external data source.Create the external objects and their fields.Define relationships for the external objects.Enable user access to external objects and their fields.Set up user authentication.

What is Salesforce private connect?

Salesforce Private Connect is a fast, easy, and secure way to connect Salesforce orgs with AWS data centers. Salesforce developers can set up the connection quickly and easily in a point-and-click interface.

How does Salesforce to Salesforce work?

Salesforce to Salesforce is a feature that allows you to share data with another salesforce.com Organization. It is multitenant platform where every customer will have their own environment in a shared platform. It is used to share records between two partner or organizations in salesforce.

How do I transfer data from Salesforce to external?

Outbound Message An event in Salesforce pushes data to an external system. An outbound message uses a POST call to send a SOAP message (XML) from Salesforce to an external endpoint. Messages can contain up to 100 notifications each containing an object ID and a reference to the associated sObject data.

What is Heroku Connect?

Heroku Connect automatically synchronizes data between Heroku and your other Salesforce services, including the Lightning Platform. With Heroku Connect, your productivity apps built on Lightning can use services built on Heroku to deliver elasticity, data consolidation, and complex custom app architectures.

Can you use point and click in Salesforce?

Admins can use point-and-click tools to bring data in or connect data between Salesforce instances, and developers can code simple APEX adapters to connect data from any web service API. You can even seamlessly connect data between your Salesforce instances, no coding required. GET THE GUIDE.

Salesforce IP Addresses and Domains to Whitelist

In order to ensure that Blackboard clients receive all case communications and support related emails through Behind the Blackboard, clients need to whitelist the Salesforce IP addresses and Domains outlined in the Salesforce article below:

Introduction

In order to ensure that Blackboard clients receive all case communications and support related emails through Behind the Blackboard, clients need to whitelist the Salesforce IP addresses and Domains outlined in the Salesforce article below:

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Who is the CEO of Blackboard?

Blackboard Transact CEO David Marr, who will continue to lead Transact after the sale closes, was upbeat about the sale and indicated that Transact will continue, but not under the Blackboard Inc. label.

What is Blackboard Mobile Credentials?

In a press release issued at the time of the announcement, the company said that it would soon be “enhancing the student ID card experience with the ability to add a student ID to Wallet on iPhone and Apple Watch.” While primarily promoted as a way to facilitate cashless transactions on campus, in reality, Blackboard Mobile Credentials were never just about making it easier for students to buy water or chips without taking a debit card. A key part of Blackboard Mobile Credentials was automatic attendance tracking. While automatically tracking where students are at any moment may raise concerns for students, some university officials were eager to sign up for the new service and did. Early adopters included Duke University, the University of Alabama, and University of Oklahoma.

Is Blackboard selling transact?

Not even a year after the rollout of Blackboard Mobile Credentials, however, Blackboard Inc. has announced that it is selling Transact. While this may reflect the fact that Blackboard Mobile Credentials has not gained as much traction as hoped, most analysts believe the sale is another sign of Blackboard Inc.’s ongoing financial troubles.

Is Blackboard Inc's debt rising?

As widely reported last year, Blackboard Inc’s debt has been rising and its subscription base for its LMS, specifically in the United States, has been declining in recent years.

Is Blackboard selling its digital credentials?

In a news release issued on March 7, Blackboard Inc. stated that it was selling off Blackboard Transact and with it, all its related campus digital solutions, including Blackboard Mobile Credentials.

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