January 2024 Roadmap Explorer Updates

The Salesforce Roadmap Explorer is a single destination where anyone can explore upcoming Salesforce innovation over the next 12 months. This tool makes finding product roadmaps easier and gives you insights to help you align your own implementations with Salesforce. In our latest update, we’ve increased the roadmap product coverage from 54% to 62% and added additional feature updates for Platform, Data Cloud, and Sales Cloud.

Featured Highlights for Architects

Here’s a more detailed summary of our most recent updates:

• There are over 60 new updates regarding where the EU Operating Zone is now available or coming soon to different products across Salesforce. You can see all the updates here.
• Added information about Salesforce Archive, a way to simplify data archiving for improved performance and optimized storage overage costs has new features that will be in pilot and GA this year. You can check out more information here.
• Added information about Shield TLE (Tenant-Level Encryption), which gives the ability to encrypt the entire database, including all standard and custom field values, with a tenant-specific key that the customer controls. You can discover more information here.
• Added information about Apex Guru, which provides the suggestions on improvements to your environments Apex Code. Learn more here.

If you want to learn more about some of the features mentioned on the Salesforce Roadmap Explorer, check out the Release Notes, and the Spring ’24 Release Readiness Live, which will stream between February 6–8, 2024. You can find more information here.

You can see all of the new Roadmap Explorer updates on architect.salesforce.com. As a side note, the updates on the Roadmap Explorer are only a percentage of the overall Salesforce innovation. If you are still looking for a product on the Salesforce Roadmap Explorer, let us know in the comments which products or features you want to see in the upcoming update.

How to Incorporate the Roadmap Explorer into your strategy

Strategy in architecture means systems are thoughtfully planned and delivered. It means delivery and maintenance teams have a clear view of the work to be done today and in the future. As architects, integrating Salesforce’s roadmap into your own implementation planning is crucial for effective roadmapping. By being aware of upcoming features, you can align your own architectural roadmaps to get value from Salesforce’s future capabilities while aligning with your organization’s technical and business needs. This includes prioritizing projects, anticipating the necessary resources, and preparing for the integration of new Salesforce functionality into your existing solutions.

Effective roadmapping involves two primary aspects: aligning with technical advancements and synchronizing with business objectives. On the technical side, being informed about new features like Salesforce Archive to improve scalability and reduce the amount of record data in Salesforce or Shield TLE which enables you to plan for proper use of encryption. This foresight helps you manage dependencies and mitigate potential risks. On the business front, understanding how these features can support organizational goals allows for a more strategic approach to implementation, ensuring that technology investments are directly contributing to business outcomes.

By incorporating the Salesforce Roadmap Explorer into your architecture strategy, you can get feedback and buy-in about the approach and outcomes before any work begins. This alignment will streamline your implementations and ensure that your architectural decisions are always one step ahead, perfectly poised to leverage Salesforce’s evolving ecosystem. Be sure to check out all the latest updates and the expanded product coverage in the Roadmap Explorer