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Getting Started With Salesforce.com and Force.com

Salesforce.com is a CRM(SAAS) Which is a model used to Collaborate between different departments of an organization and to manage Activities according to the work flow of an organization or everything that a company wants to track.

Before getting started with Salesforce.com I want to tell about CRM Editions and their Pricings which we should not discuss here so to learn about Editions and Pricings of Salesforc.com click here .
Now we know about it’s Editions and Pricings so that an organization can buy a Salesforce.com CRM as per the requirement . Ok let’s move ahead.

To getting started, we must have a Developer edition account so you can signup for developer edition account here.


Salesforce.com and Force.com 
Salesforce.com and Force.com – When we get logged in to our developer account and click on Setup at top right position that takes us to the Force.com home page from here we can create and configure a new application. And if we click on Home tab it takes us back to the Salesforce.com Home page from here we can start navigating our application.

Essentially, Setup screen is home for Force.com and Home tab screen is home for Salesforce.com. So in developer account we can configure that which page will be our home as a landing page after getting logged in may it be your setup or just home so don’t be confused.


So this is your landing page below J


1. Your username with a dropdown menu from there you can manage your profile and your personal stuff. You can also go to developer console that is used to coding and testing our applications.


2. Setup is a link that takes you to the Force.com setup screen which is home screen of Force.com.


3. On Top, at right side you can see a dropdown where you can switch between applications. At a starting point, built-in applications available there in the menu, provided by Salesforce. So that I’ve selected the Sales app.


4.  When you navigate to the setup screen you can see a side bar menu where you can configure your applications. We will discuss about this in our separate articles.


 5. You will find a menu bar with some tabs from there you can go to an object and Create,Read,Update,Delete the records. You can also see the first tab, the Home tab which will take you to the Salesfroce.com CRM.

When you click on home tab the screen you will find is the home of Salesforce.com CRM which is actually what an end user will experience after buying a CRM.

6. This  is you search box where you can make searches related to your need. Like may you need to find a record then you can make a search in this box with the keyword.

So I’m hoping that you are understanding the difference between Salesforce.com and Force.com home pages. In this article I’ve stated  some main points and we will discuss about all these and others,in brief in later articles. So this is your starting point from where you can get started working with Salesforce.com and use the CRM and you can also do the cloud application development using Force.com platform.

Stay tuned to Salesforce Nation…

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