The Salesforce Certified Heroku Architecture Designer credential is designed for individuals who have the knowledge, skills, and extensive experience with architecting scalable solutions, deploying and managing apps, and managing teams and build-workflows on Heroku—specifically, Heroku Enterprise. This credential is targeted for a Heroku Consultant or Partner, who has an awareness of app dev best practices and how they apply to Heroku, an understanding of how to build scalable apps on Heroku, and knowledge of Heroku use cases and how to apply Heroku best practices.

This exam guide provides information about the Salesforce Certified Heroku Architecture Designer exam.

The Salesforce Certified Heroku Architecture Designer exam is intended for an individual who has architectural knowledge of the Heroku platform and its capabilities, including:

· Designing, building, deploying and scaling Heroku apps, managing and operating apps, teams, and build infrastructure

· Knowing when to use Heroku Enterprise, and understanding the security and trust options available in Heroku and Heroku Enterprise

· Utilizing add-ons to extend applications, in particular Heroku Postgres and Apache Kafka on Heroku.

· Integrating Heroku apps with Salesforce data via database, API and event systems, including Heroku Connect.

The Salesforce Certified Heroku Architecture Designer exam is intended for an individual who has a minimum of two years of experience and skills across the Heroku domains, including:

· Building and deploying apps on the Heroku platform

· Architecting scalable solutions

· Using add-ons from the Elements Marketplace

· Architecting solutions using Heroku Postgres, Heroku Redis, Dataclips, and Heroku Connect

· Prescribing a third-party add-on and add-on sharing

· Using Heroku Private Space Peering and VPN Connections

· Understanding Private Space Runtime versus Common Runtime

· Understanding how Heroku Enterprise can improve a system's architecture

· Architecting solutions using Heroku Shield, and the benefits of various certifications Heroku has

· Architecting solutions using Enterprise Teams

· Architecting an application using the Twelve-Factor methodology correctly

· Constructing solutions for building a microservices architecture

· Building architectures that use Apache Kafka on Heroku

· Integrating Heroku apps with the Salesforce Lightning Platform

A candidate for this exam is not expected to:

· Know how to architect Salesforce Lightning Platform solutions.

The Salesforce Certified Heroku Architecture Designer exam measures a candidate’s knowledge and skills related to the following objectives. A candidate should have hands-on experience with Heroku Architecture and have demonstrated the application of each of the features/functions below.

Heroku Platform: 10%

Data: 17%

Security: 15%

Heroku Enterprise: 28%

Architect Applications: 15%

Integrations: 15%

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