In the digital age, where data reigns supreme, businesses face the challenge of safeguarding their most critical asset. As organizations increasingly turn to Salesforce for managing their customer relationships and data, the need for a robust backup strategy is beyond necessary. To keep you informed, let’s delve into the whys and hows of Salesforce backup, explore best practices to ensure the data’s security, and how to keep the integrity of your business data. Read more

In the dynamic landscape of modern business, the ability to adapt and customize your tools to meet specific needs is paramount. Salesforce, a leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform, offers robust configuration options that empower organizations to tailor the platform to their unique requirements. Read more

In the digital age, data is often considered the lifeblood of a business. It informs decisions, drives strategies, and can be the difference between success and failure. However, with great power comes great responsibility. The responsibility of managing this data is not just a technical requirement but a legal and ethical one. This is where the concept of data retention comes into play, especially for businesses leveraging Salesforce, a leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform. Read more

In an era where data drives business decisions and customer interactions, Salesforce has become indispensable for many organizations. However, the importance of safeguarding this invaluable asset cannot be overstated. This guide serves as a comprehensive resource for mastering the intricacies of backing up and restoring data in Salesforce. Read more

If you were to approach one of the hundreds of thousands of people who use Salesforce daily and ask them the last time they backed up their data, they would probably have no idea. Why would it be their concern? After all, doesn't Salesforce back up data for you? Read more

Just around a week ago, we released a new version for Veeam Backup for Salesforce (VBSF) and have been seeing warm reception from our customers for it. As the fog has cleared a bit, it’s finally a good time to get deeper into the product itself and see it in action. You might already know that this version has many new capabilities and under-the-hood enhancements, and I’d like to talk about my favorites. Join me as we sit down and tackle them by going through the major buckets, starting with security. Read more

Data is the lifeline of every organization. From customer data to employee data, sales data to service data — when properly utilized all this data can provide rich information to help organizations prosper and grow. And let’s not forget what is likely the most important type of data — the metadata, which is data about data or the internal structure of data inside CRM. Metadata is the structure of your CRM which helps enable users to understand the story that all the other data is trying to tell. Read more

Veeam has been busy preparing for our V2 release of Veeam Backup for Salesforce. Our customers spoke and we listened, adding the most requested capabilities to our latest release. It is just as important to back up your Salesforce data as it is to backup the data form any other parts of your technology stack, but many organizations think it is backed up in the cloud (it is not) or it is not necessary (speak to a sales team that did not have access to their data for a week and they will btell a different story. Read more

In today's digital age, protecting data is paramount for businesses of all sizes. One crucial aspect of data protection is safeguarding the underlying configuration of your Salesforce environment. Enter Salesforce metadata — commonly defined as “data that describes other data.” In this blog post, we will explore what Salesforce metadata is, the importance of backing it up and how to perform a backup. Read more

Salesforce may seem simple to the average user, but there’s a lot that goes into a Salesforce deployment — especially when it comes to data protection. Once you start tweaking Salesforce with integrations, customizations and other features necessary for your business, it can become an extremely complex application. In any Salesforce deployment, the data it holds is vitally important to your organization; it therefore requires robust Salesforce data protection, metadata backup, and backup and recovery strategies.  Read more