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Published inNov 2019
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Andrew Fawcett
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Andrew Fawcett has over 30 years of experience holding several software development-related roles with a focus around enterprise-level product architecture. He is experienced in managing all aspects of the software development life cycle across various technology platforms, frameworks, industry design patterns, and methodologies. He is currently a VP, Product Management, and a Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II at Salesforce. He is responsible for several key platform features and emergent products for Salesforce. He is an avid blogger, open source contributor and project owner, and an experienced speaker. He loves watching movies, Formula 1 motor racing, and building Lego!
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In this chapter, you saw how integrations are the lifeblood of the internet and are key to a business making the most out of the efficiencies offered by combining services from multiple vendors into a single process or experience for its employees and customers.

You learned that managing integrations can become complex and costly; however, this is something Salesforce has made easier by providing features that not only reduce the coding involved through External Services, but also improves security by taking this responsibility away from the developer and consolidating it as a set of features such as Connected Apps (inbound) and Auth Providers (outbound).

You also learned that administrators can audit and monitor external solutions, accessing precious data as well as controlling the flow of data potentially leaving the org through such features. Keep in mind that...

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Andrew Fawcett

Andrew Fawcett has over 30 years of experience holding several software development-related roles with a focus around enterprise-level product architecture. He is experienced in managing all aspects of the software development life cycle across various technology platforms, frameworks, industry design patterns, and methodologies. He is currently a VP, Product Management, and a Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II at Salesforce. He is responsible for several key platform features and emergent products for Salesforce. He is an avid blogger, open source contributor and project owner, and an experienced speaker. He loves watching movies, Formula 1 motor racing, and building Lego!
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