Salesforce Certified Technical Architect

The Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) is the most prestigious credential in the Salesforce ecosystem. It validates the ability to design scalable, high-performance enterprise Salesforce architectures that meet complex business requirements. The credential requires passing a review board exam in addition to written assessments.

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What is the CTA Course?

Who Should Take This Course?

Senior Salesforce Architects designing enterprise solutions
Principal Consultants with deep multi-cloud Salesforce expertise
Solution Architects leading large-scale Salesforce implementations
Technical leads managing platform governance and architecture
CRM Platform Architects overseeing multi-org strategies
Professionals holding multiple Salesforce certifications

What You Will Learn in the CTA Course

A comprehensive curriculum covering all exam objectives with hands-on labs and real-world practice.

Salesforce Architecture Fundamentals

Governor limits and platform constraints
Multi-org strategies
Large data volumes and skinny tables
Platform events and streaming API
Asynchronous processing patterns

Identity and Access Management

SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect
Single sign-on patterns
Named credentials
Connected apps configuration
Community authentication

Integration Architecture

Integration patterns (point-to-point, ESB, hub-and-spoke)
Salesforce APIs (REST, SOAP, Bulk, Streaming)
MuleSoft and middleware design
Data replication strategies
Error handling and retry patterns

Data Architecture

Data modelling for scale
External IDs and upsert patterns
Archiving strategies
Data migration architecture
Schema design best practices

Security Architecture

Sharing model design
Field-level security at scale
Encryption (Salesforce Shield)
Event monitoring and threat detection
Compliance and data residency

Development Lifecycle and Deployment

Source-driven development
Salesforce DX and scratch orgs
CI/CD pipelines
Environment management
Change set vs. Metadata API deployment

Mobile and UI Architecture

Lightning Web Components architecture
Mobile SDK
Offline capabilities
Performance optimisation
Experience Cloud architecture

Course Prerequisites

Pre-requisites training is free when you purchase the course from ProSupport

Multiple active Salesforce certifications (Administrator, Platform Developer I/II recommended)
Minimum 5 years of enterprise Salesforce implementation experience
Experience as a Solution Architect on large-scale projects
Deep knowledge of Salesforce APIs, integration patterns, and security model
Completion of the CTA Review Board scenario preparation

Exam Information

Everything you need to know about the CTA certification exam.

Exam Component	Details
Exam Name	Salesforce Certified Technical Architect
Exam Code	CTA
Exam Type	Written Exam + Review Board (live scenario-based)
Total Questions	Scenario-based written + 2-hour Review Board
Passing Score	Panel consensus pass
Exam Duration	Written: 4 hours; Review Board: 2 hours
Language	English
Exam Provider	Salesforce
Exam Focus	Enterprise architecture design, integration, security, and scalability on the Salesforce platform
Exam Registration	Salesforce Trailhead Academy (invite-only review board)
Retake Policy	Review board retake available after 6 months
Certification Validity	Indefinite with active maintenance modules