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Experts react to the Salesforce Summer ’25 release: what teams really care about

Salesforce’s Summer ’25 release is here, and while Agentforce, AI, and automation remain key trends across the ecosystem, this particular rollout shifts gears slightly. The Summer ’25 release is packed with quieter — yet critical — updates that Salesforce professionals building, deploying, and maintaining orgs truly care about. To cut through the noise and surface what really matters, we sat down with two experienced Salesforce DevOps professionals: Maya Bengtson, DevOps Engineer at Farm Credit Services of America, and Johnathan Flatt, Principal Platform Engineer at Aflac. From debug logs to TypeScript tooling, here’s what they’re most excited about — and why these changes are worth your attention.

5 common Salesforce backup pitfalls and how to avoid them

With growing automation and AI integration within Salesforce development, safeguarding your data is more critical than ever. For Salesforce teams, a robust backup strategy is no longer a luxury but a necessity to protect against any unforeseen data disasters. At DevOps Launchpad, we’re on a mission to empower Salesforce professionals with the knowledge and skills to implement DevOps best practices, like backup, within their DevOps lifecycle. That’s why we’re excited to share the following insights from Jolene Mair, a DevOps expert with extensive experience in Salesforce implementation and data protection. In this blog, Jolene will guide you through the common pitfalls of data backup in Salesforce, and offer practical advice on how to avoid them.