I am looking to see if there is any published information on the future of Standard Profiles with the EOL of Permissions on Profiles date removed?
I see there was a comment in this group back in March 2023 that Salesforce is planning to replace Standard System Administrator Profile with a standard System Administrator Permission Set Group, link here: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/trailblazer-community/feed/0D54S00000JgZizSAF.
Has there been any update on this? And is there any update on other standard profiles if they will be replaced with any standard Permission Set Groups as well?
@Justin Dux @Evan Drantch AS OF NOVEMBER 2024, the previous plan to retire Profiles has been reversed. Here is an official statement:
"Hey, hashtag#AwesomeAdmins, I wanted to update you on the End of Life of Permissions on Profiles. We are no longer going to enforce the Spring '26 end-of-life date. However, I still wholeheartedly recommend that you operate with a permission set led security model. In addition, all of our investments are very permission set and permission set group focused from a permissions standpoint...."
And here:
"If you’ve been keeping up with new features for admins each release, you may have noticed we’ve been sharing updates on the future of user management in Salesforce. For the past 3 years, we’ve consistently told our customers and partners that permission sets are the future of user management.
It’s finally here! We’re announcing the end of life (EOL) of permissions on profiles that will be the Spring ’26 release. Over the next few weeks, you will see the official announcement come out.
Before we dive into what’s new with Spring ‘23, here’s a quick reminder of what will remain in a profile and what will eventually be available only in permission sets. I’ve also included some FAQs to help you understand where we’re going.
Profiles will still exist; however, permissions on profiles will EOL and permissions will be available only on permission sets."
