Slaesforce FAQ

what is salesforce.com and force.com

by Mr. Ruben Bergnaum Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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Salesforce is a company and salesforce.com is a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application developed based on Software as a Service (SaaS
Software as a Service (SaaS
The software industry includes businesses for development, maintenance and publication of software that are using different business models, mainly either "license/maintenance based" (on-premises) or "Cloud based" (such as SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, MBaaS, MSaaS, DCaaS etc.).
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. force.com is a platform that helps developers and business users to build powerful enterprise applications.
Oct 12, 2016

How do I log into Salesforce?

How do I access Salesforce for the first time?

  • Check your email for your login information.
  • Click the link provided in the email. The link logs you in to the site automatically.
  • The site prompts you to set a password and choose a security question and answer to verify your identity in case you forget your password.

How much is a subscription to Salesforce?

This popular CRM platform comes with some upfront costs. Salesforce can cost from $25 per user per month, to over $300 — their monthly fee will vary depending on the needs and scale of each business.

Is Salesforce a SaaS or PaaS?

Salesforce is also a PaaS company, or Platform-as-a-Service, as it provides development and distribution support for users to create their own applications. 1. Software as a Service (SaaS) This is a cloud-based application accessed over the internet, and is hosted by a third-party software vendor who maintains these databases remotely.

What are the different types of Salesforce licenses?

  • User Licences.
  • Feature Licences.
  • Permission Set Licences.

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What is the diff between Salesforce Com and force com?

They're effectively the same thing, but Salesforce.com is generally used to refer to the CRM functionality (the sales, service and marketing applications) and Force.com is generally used to refer to the underlying platform (the database, code, and UI on which all the apps are built).

What is mean by force com'in Salesforce?

Force.com is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) product designed to simplify the development and deployment of cloud-based applications and websites. Developers can create apps and websites through the cloud IDE (integrated development environment) and deploy them quickly to Force.com's multi-tenant servers.

What is a force com site?

Force.com Sites enables developers to build and deploy public web sites and web applications that are directly integrated with your Salesforce.com organization - without requiring users to log in with a username and password.

How do I use force com'in Salesforce?

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Is Force com SaaS or PaaS?

The Salesforce Platform is the world's number one Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution. It's the most powerful way to create your app and get it in front of your users fast, all by harnessing the power of the cloud.

What is force com database?

Force.com. -Platform as a service. -Provides metadata layer(Apex language,tool to edit/debug code,visualforce page etc.) -Provides default metadata for database.com field types. -Uses Database.com under the hood(for storing data and metadata).

Who uses force com?

Salesforce.com Force.com is most often used by companies with 10-50 employees and 1M-10M dollars in revenue. Our data for Salesforce.com Force.com usage goes back as far as 6 years and 8 months....Who uses Salesforce.com Force.com?CompanyFederal Emergency Management AgencyRevenue50M-100MCompany Size500-100021 more rows

What is a force Com license?

Salesforce.com licences are for the Sales Cloud CRM product. Force.com is the platform everything is built on, and you can buy Force.com licences to build a custom product that does not utilise the standard CRM features and objects, such as Opportunities for instance.

What is Apex in Salesforce?

Apex enables developers to access the Salesforce platform back-end database and client-server interfaces to create third-party SaaS applications. Apex includes an application programming interface (API) that Salesforce developers can use to access user data on the platform.

Why do I need force com?

Force.com creates and delivers different customized applications within a shorter period of time. These applications are connected to all the data that is stored in the Salesforce and use the APIs to connect with an external source of data automatically.

What are different types of Salesforce?

Salesforce tools and services are called “clouds.” Salesforce offers six major types of clouds: Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Commerce Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and Analytics Cloud.

What is the difference between sales and service cloud?

Service Cloud is an add-on to Sales Cloud. Sales Cloud includes Cases and Email-to-case, whereas Service Cloud includes features like Entitlements and Milestones. It is mainly omnichannel. The console is an added feature in Service Cloud, setting it apart from Sales Cloud.

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