Platform Integration Architect Study Guide
Every topic objective in the Integration Architect exam explained thoroughly. Topic summaries and sample scenarios to work through. The most efficient way to study the key concepts in the exam.
Last Updated: May 2026
The overview
This is the starting point for your study, covering all of the exam guide objectives.
The Platform Integration Architect Study Guide incorporates all 25 Objectives within all 6 Sections of the official Salesforce Platform Integration Architect Certification Exam Guide.
What's included?
- Covers all 6 Sections of the official Salesforce Certification Exam Guide
- Explains in detail all objectives within each section (a total of 25 objectives)
- Topic summaries that you can use to learn the topics efficiently
- Explanations in plain English, with screenshots and diagrams (rather than endless, unremarkable text)
- Easy to read bullet points
- Review Flashcards (with questions and answers) for each section
- Includes links to lots of extra resources for further reading
- Detailed scenarios, requirements and sample answers to test your skills to define a solution
- Unlimited Access and Updates for 12 months
Everything you need to prepare for Salesforce Platform Integration Architect Certification
In order to pass the Salesforce Platform Integration Architect certification, you’ll find that knowledge and experience of the Salesforce platform aren’t enough. You also need to get to grips with the exam itself.
That’s why we created the Platform Integration Architect Study Guide.
Our study guide will help you understand confusing or difficult concepts from the official Salesforce Platform Integration Architect Certification Exam Guide and brush up on your skills – all in a format that’s easy to digest and has been proven to work with thousands of happy customers.
The Platform Integration Architect Study Guide will help you focus on the key points you need to know to pass the exam.
The Salesforce help pages and videos are great when you want to know all the details, but the Platform Integration Architect Study Guide provides a summary of all topics in study guide format.
Why this guide is important?
Each lesson in our study guide contains individual Topic pages that are assigned to each objective.
Every objective is explained in great detail.
Our study guide summarises the key certification objectives in plain English, using examples, diagrams, charts and topic reviews to make sure you’ve cemented your understanding.
The Platform Integration Architect Certification Study Guide includes screenshots, summary points and diagrams to illustrate key concepts, as well as visually explain and demonstrate Salesforce functionality.
Course content
7 sectionsIntegration Architect Webinar
- Integration Architect Webinar
Evaluate the Current System Landscape 4 topics
- Given a set of business requirements, identify the current system landscape and determine what standards, limitations, boundaries and protocols exist.
- Given an existing system landscape, analyze for constraints and/or pain-points to satisfy a business requirement(s).
- Given a set of requirements, evaluate the authentication and authorization needs based on the system landscape.
- Knowledge Check
Evaluate Business Needs 5 topics
- Given a use case, identify functional and non-functional requirements needed for integration.
- Based on a given integration requirement, identify and classify data into Confidential/Secure/Public.
- Given a use case, identify key factors for CRM success that should be included as integration requirements.
- Given a use case, identify the business growth and regulatory factors that can impact choice of integration solutions.
- Knowledge Check
Translate Needs to Integration Requirements 5 topics
- Given an existing system landscape diagram, create an inventory of the systems and integration patterns.
- Given a use case and business process, evaluate system and process constraints.
- Given a use case, identify integration security / authentication / authorization requirements.
- Given a use case, identify performance needs (volumes, response times, latency) and propose appropriate integration solutions that will meet business requirements.
- Knowledge Check
Design Integration Solutions 6 topics
- Given a use case, identify the integration pattern that meets business requirements.
- Given a use case, define the components which create a solution that meets business requirements.
- Given a use case, identify the trade-offs, limitations, and constraints that meet the proposed solution.
- Given a use case that includes technical requirements, constraints, or drivers, specify the appropriate Salesforce application programming interface(s) (API) for the proposed solution.
- Given a use case that includes technical requirements, constraints or drivers determine the standards, components, techniques, and security mechanism that should be used.
- Knowledge Check
Build Solution 7 topics
- Given a use case that includes technical requirements, constraints or drivers, identify the considerations when designing and implementing API(s), both Salesforce as an API provider and Salesforce as an API consumer.
- Given a use case, identify the considerations when choosing the right option in making an outbound call to an external system.
- Given a use case, describe what should be considered when building a scalable solution.
- Given a use case, determine error handling for different integration options.
- Given a use case, create a security solution for inbound or outbound integrations.
- Given a use case, identify the factors needed to build resilience in an integration solution for system updates.
- Knowledge Check
Maintain Integration 4 topics
- Given an integration maintenance use case, identify performance monitoring needs for integration requirements.
- Given a use case, identify the appropriate error handling, escalation and recovery procedures for a failed integration.
- Given a use case, identify reporting needs for integration monitoring.
- Knowledge Check
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