Salesforce® Spring ’25 Release: Key Updates and Action Items
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Prepare for the Salesforce® Spring ’25 Release: Key Updates and What to Do Next
As announced by Salesforce®, the Spring ’25 release is on the horizon, set to begin in February 2025. This update brings significant changes, enhancements, and new features that may impact your organisation. Staying informed and prepared is essential to ensure a smooth transition.
Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming changes, along with action items to help you navigate the release effectively.
Key Changes and What They Mean for Your Organisation
General Updates
- Enable ICU Locale Formats
- What It Is: Updates locale settings for date/time formats, user names, addresses, and currency preferences.
- Action Item: Review whether you’re on the new ICU locale formats. Learn More
- Verify Return Email Address for Sender Verification
- What It Is: A security update to improve email deliverability.
- Action Item: Instruct users to verify their return email addresses via My Email Settings. Learn More
- Einstein Activity Capture (EAC) Permissions Changes
- What It Is: New Permission Set for EAC users.
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- Action Item: Assign the standard or customised EAC Permission Set. Learn More
Third-Party Integration Updates
- Salesforce® Outlook Integration
- What It Is: Adapts to updated Microsoft authentication methods.
- Action Item: Collaborate with your Microsoft Admin to ensure proper permissions. Learn More
- LinkedIn Lead Generation Integration
- What It Is: Updates LinkedIn’s API for lead generation.
- Action Item: Update LinkedIn Lead Generation settings and reconnect your LinkedIn account. Learn More
Automation Enhancements
- Secure Redirection for Flows
- What It Is: Ensures users are redirected only to trusted URLs in automation.
- Action Item: Identify impacted automations and test updates in a sandbox environment. Learn More
- Enable Lightning Web Components (LWC) Stacked Modals
- What It Is: Transition from legacy technology to Lightning Web Components.
- Action Item: Review and test affected actions in sandbox environments. Learn More
- Enforce Apex Permissions
- What It Is: Strengthens security and data integrity for Apex actions in automation.
- Action Item: Review, test, and deploy updates for impacted automation processes. Learn More
- Enforce Rollbacks for Apex Action Exceptions in REST API
- What It Is: Historically, if there was an exception when an Apex Action was called by a REST API, it wouldn’t roll back. It will now. Learn More
- Action Item: N/A
- Use an Apex-Defined Variable for All Intelligence Signal Types
- What It Is: If you’re using Service Cloud Voice (SCV) with automation you will need to update to ensure they work in the intended way. Learn More
- Action Item:Review, test, and deploy updates for impacted automation processes.
- Sort Apex Batch Action Results by Request Order
- What It Is: Automation logs will now run in chronological order. Learn More
- Action Item:Review, test, and deploy updates for impacted automation processes.
Key Enforcements in Spring ’25
- View Roles and Role Hierarchy Permission
Public List Views will require users to have the View Roles and Role Hierarchy permission to share with roles. - Multiple-Configuration SAML Framework
Upgrade from the original single sign-on framework to the new SAML framework for enhanced security. - Verify SAML Integrations Enforcement Postponed
Salesforce® has postponed this update to Summer ’25, but early preparation is recommended.
Exciting New Features: A Sneak Peek
The Spring ’25 release introduces Account Plan, a feature designed to streamline account management. Stay tuned for more details on how we’ll be adopting this functionality at Mint®.
By preparing early and staying informed, you can leverage the Salesforce® Spring ’25 release to optimise processes and enhance productivity across your organisation. If you would like Mint® to help you with adopting the above changes, please get in touch!
Stay ahead of the curve—prepare today!