Admin Group, Raleigh, US

📢 Hello everyone.  Exciting news! 🎉  If you have not heard, for a limited time, certification retake exams are free (with caveats). Salesforce and Pearson are running a special where if you are registering and taking a Salesforce Certification Exam during a certain time and you don't pass on the first try, your second attempt is free during a certain time.  

Key Retake Promotion Dates

📅 Exam Registration & First Attempt Window: September 29, 2026 – November 17, 2026

📅 Free Retake Redemption Window: January 4, 2027 – April 7, 2027

Read more about the details here: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=005460244&type=1

Make sure you opt in here: https://www.pearsonvue.com/us/en/test-takers/free-retake.html#opt-in

👏 Thank you to everyone who came to the Dreamforce Watch Party yesterday!  We watched some great sessions and had some good networking.  A special thanks to Dilon Campbell for hosting the event at TekSystems!  🎉 Stay tuned for more upcoming events!

Friendly reminder: We are less than 2 days away from our next Admin user group event!  Come join us for a Dreamforce Watch party from 3-5pm at TekSystems in Raleigh this Thursday!  Appetizers will be provided. Then feel free to stay for the Tableau user group meeting immediately afterwards.  Make sure to register below to secure your spot!  Hope to see you there.

https://trailblazercommunitygroups.com/events/details/salesforce-salesforce-admin-group-raleigh-united-states-presents-dreamforce-watch-party/cohost-salesforce-admin-group-raleigh-united-states/

📢 Hello everyone and happy Friday!  Just a friendly reminder about the upcoming Dreamforce Watch Party coming up in less than 2 weeks in Raleigh, so make sure you go ahead and register to secure your space.  We hope to see you there!  🎉 

Click here to register: https://trailblazercommunitygroups.com/events/details/salesforce-salesforce-admin-group-raleigh-united-states-presents-dreamforce-watch-party/cohost-salesforce-admin-group-raleigh-united-states/

Also, if there's a session you really want to see, make sure to fill out this survey as well.  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNZL-6z957EXeMLf_2b4ci460AT72zfDHO_4P_JD9BgZkjQw/viewform?edit_requested=true

Hello! 

We are currently using SalesCloud Enterprise edition with outbound funds combined with a third party integration to manage grants and contracts. We would like to removed the third party app and potentially use the grantmaking managed package as well as use Experience Cloud functionality for grantees.   

Our Salesforce rep suggested a switch to public sector solutions but we are hesitant to make the switch and lose our existing infrastructure.  

In researching the compatibility of the grantmaking managed service package, I am a bit loss on whether this package can run with an enterprise edition of Sales Cloud, allowing us to forgo an upsell to PSS???  

In the end we need to management our grants and contracts, including a grantee portal system and an application builder.  

I was hoping to achieve this keeping our existing Sales Cloud adding Experience Cloud and Grantmaking with Omnistudio.  

Is this possible? What else would we need to consider?? 

Thank you for your expertise! 

👏 Thank you to everyone who came out to the user group meeting today! It was another full house.  A special thank you to Manish A. for presenting and showing us all about Setup with Agentforce! 🛣️ If you're interested in learning more, here is the link to the Salesforce Quest mentioned in the presentation: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/users/teamtrailhead/trailmixes/quest-setup-with-agentforce

📢 Hi All.  We are less than 2 weeks away from our next user group event, and you won't want to miss this one!  🎉 

🎤 Hear from local-area Salesforce product management on the new Agentforce for the setup menu, saving admins tons of time! Come get a sneak peak of this new functionality before it goes GA soon!

Space is limited, and we only have a few spots left, so register now.

Click here to register: https://trailblazercommunitygroups.com/events/details/salesforce-salesforce-admin-group-raleigh-united-states-presents-discover-agentforce-a-deep-dive-with-salesforce-product-management/

📅 July 10, 2026 from 11:30am-1:30pm

Frontier 600 building Training room in RTP - same as the March meeting

Agenda:

11:30am-12pm - Lunch (provided)

12-1pm - Agentforce Deep Dive Demo

1-1:30pm - Closing and Networking

The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina is hiring a Senior Salesforce Administrator as a hybrid position based in Raleigh, NC. This is an opportunity to take ownership of a well-established Salesforce environment, lead platform improvements, and partner with teams across the organization to support economic development efforts throughout the state. 

If you're an experienced Salesforce Admin looking for a role where you can make a meaningful impact, we'd love to hear from you! 

Apply here: https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/4232163/Economic-Development-Partnership-of-North-Carolina/Senior-Salesforce-Administrator