DevOps Launchpad

A free training platform for all areas of Salesforce DevOps

Whether you’re just discovering DevOps, or wondering how it works for the Salesforce platform, DevOps Launchpad is here to help.

Build your Salesforce DevOps skill set
Develop your DevOps knowledge and give your Salesforce career a boost.
Train your development and release teams
Get new and existing team members up to speed on all things Salesforce DevOps.
Earn Salesforce DevOps certifications
Share your DevOps Launchpad certificates on social media and add them to your résumé.

Build your skills and expertise in all areas of Salesforce DevOps

Salesforce DevOps Fundamentals

Cover the full range of DevOps concepts, including version control, CI/CD, test automation, backups and more. Start now.

CI/CD for Salesforce

Sort out continuous integration from continuous deployment, and master release automation for Salesforce. Start now.

Salesforce DevOps Leadership

Become a certified leader for DevOps, so you can drive successful adoption and measure your performance. Start now.

Salesforce Backup

Learn how to build a disaster recovery plan for Salesforce that protects your data and metadata. Start now.

Gearset Academy

Get hands-on experience of Salesforce DevOps, exploring every corner of the Gearset platform. Start now.

About DevOps Launchpad

DevOps Launchpad was created to meet the ever-growing demand for training in DevOps principles and practices, specifically for the Salesforce platform. We’re constantly updating and adding courses with the latest best practices.

The courses and quizzes on DevOps Launchpad are curated by experts in the field from Gearset, the leading DevOps platform for Salesforce. But apart from Gearset Academy, the content on DevOps Launchpad is all vendor-neutral, and useful for anyone learning more about Salesforce DevOps.

Who is DevOps Launchpad for?

DevOps is all about bringing people together to collaborate on one streamlined development life cycle. Whatever your role or level of experience, DevOps Launchpad has courses for you!

Salesforce Admins

Master DevOps with clicks not code, empowering declarative developers and configurators!

Salesforce Developers

Apply DevOps best practices to your Salesforce development process.

Salesforce Architects

Explore how continuous delivery can support well-architected Salesforce orgs.

Release Managers

See how DevOps practices bring visibility and stability to release management.

Development Team Leads

Embrace DevOps culture and improve performance at any team size.

Tackling the Salesforce admin certification: my journey and top tips

If you’re thinking about earning your Salesforce admin certification, you’re in good company. The Salesforce ecosystem is packed with certifications covering all sorts of Salesforce Clouds, technologies, and niche products — but the Salesforce administrator certification remains one of the most important and popular first steps. In this blog, DevOps Architect, Sam Crossland deep dives into what the admin certification covers, why it’s worth pursuing, how he prepared (and passed!), and what resources helped him succeed. Plus, he’ll share top tips to boost your own exam day confidence.

A new era for Salesforce certification exams: what you need to know

Salesforce certifications have always been a powerful way to validate your skills, grow your career, and stand out in a competitive industry. But if you’ve taken — or are planning to take — a Salesforce exam recently, you might’ve noticed some big changes. Salesforce has officially updated its certification exam experience, and whether you’re a first-time test-taker or a seasoned cert collector, it’s worth understanding how these changes affect your study strategy and test-day expectations.

What every Salesforce admin should know about release pipelines

Salesforce admins are used to wearing many hats. Managing users, responding to unexpected issues, keeping projects moving forward, making config changes, and ensuring they get safely from sandbox to production. It’s a big job. And when you’re dealing with lots of releases using manual tools, things can quickly start to feel overwhelming.