# SF Updates

> Daily curated Salesforce ecosystem news and complete Salesforce release notes coverage. Independent, automated, no sign-in required. Covers Agentforce, Admin, Developer, Flow, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Marketing Cloud.

## Key pages

- [Salesforce News (homepage)](https://sfupdates.com/): daily curated ecosystem news
- [Release Notes](https://sfupdates.com/releases/): every Summer '26 and Winter '27 feature, organized by role and cloud
- [Salesforce Release Dates](https://sfupdates.com/release-dates/): sandbox preview and production rollout schedule for 2026-2027
- [Agentforce News](https://sfupdates.com/agentforce/): daily updates on Salesforce AI agents
- [Weekly Digests](https://sfupdates.com/weekly/): one digest per week of ecosystem news
- [RSS Feed](https://sfupdates.com/feed.xml)

## Latest headlines

- [Sales Cloud Is Back on the Price List. That Isn’t a Retreat From Agentforce.](https://salesforcedevops.net/index.php/2026/09/14/salesforce-core-advanced-max-editions-value/): Salesforce reintroduced Sales Cloud to its price list with new Core, Advanced, and Max editions carrying higher per-user pricing and broader bundles, marking a packaging shift rather than a retreat from Agentforce.
- [Is Salesforce the One Being Disrupted in the AI Era?](https://www.salesforceben.com/is-salesforce-the-one-being-disrupted-in-the-ai-era/): Opinion piece asking whether Salesforce, which disrupted legacy on-premise CRM in 1999, is now at risk of being disrupted itself in the AI era.
- [Introducing the New Salesforce Well-Architected Framework](https://www.salesforce.com/blog/new-well-architected-framework/): Salesforce introduced an updated Well-Architected Framework giving architects new principles for balancing priorities and designing trusted solutions for the agentic enterprise.
- [Who Is Salesforce Data 360 (Formerly Data Cloud) Actually For?](https://www.salesforceben.com/who-is-salesforce-data-360-formerly-data-cloud-actually-for/): Article examines who Salesforce Data 360, formerly Genie and then Data Cloud, is actually built for after multiple rebrands since its 2022 Dreamforce debut.
- [Salesforce Unveils ‘Slackforce Surfaces’ at Dreamforce ‘26](https://www.salesforceben.com/salesforce-unveils-slackforce-surfaces-at-dreamforce-26/): Salesforce announced Slackforce Surfaces at Dreamforce 26, letting users turn Salesforce data into interactive visualizations inside Slack as part of its Slack CRM push.
- [How to Orchestrate Queueable Apex With Platform Events in Salesforce](https://www.salesforceben.com/how-to-orchestrate-queueable-apex-with-platform-events-in-salesforce/): Technical guide explains combining Queueable Apex with Platform Events to build decoupled, scalable asynchronous architectures instead of chaining Queueable jobs, aiding long-term maintainability.
- [New AI Agent Ace Helps the TSA Support Travelers as They Navigate Airport Security](https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2026/09/14/tsa-improves-travel-experience-agentforce/): Salesforce's new AI agent Ace now handles 100,000 TSA traveler conversations monthly, resolving 96% of routine security inquiries without human escalation.
- [Salesforce Launches Missionforce Military Fellowship to Help Service Members Build Careers in the Agentic Era](https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/missionforce-military-fellowship-announcement/): Salesforce launched the Missionforce Military Fellowship, a 12-week DOW SkillBridge program helping service members build AI and agentic-era careers as government AI adoption accelerates.
- [Salesforce Announces $27 Million in New Education Grants, Deepening Support for Public Schools and Educators](https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2026/09/14/27-million-in-new-education-grants-announcement/): Salesforce announced $27 million in new education grants, including $18 million for public schools, extending over $1 billion in combined Bay Area contributions announced at Dreamforce.
- [Salesforce Platform App Builder Certification Guide & Tips](https://www.salesforceben.com/platform-app-builder-certification-guide-tips/): Salesforce Ben published a guide to the Platform App Builder certification, covering exam topics like data models, security, UI, automation and reporting for admins building declarative apps.
- [Salesforce Winter ’27 Release: Everything You Need to Know Before Go‑Live](https://www.salesforceben.com/salesforce-winter-27-release-everything-you-need-to-know-before-go-live/): Salesforce Ben released a guide to the Winter '27 release, summarizing new features and go-live preparation steps for admins and consultants ahead of the triennial update.
- [Salesforce Timezone Offset: A Native Flow Alternative to Apex](https://salesforcebreak.com/2026/09/11/timezone-offset-native-flow-apex/): A tutorial describes using native Salesforce Flow instead of Apex to handle timezone offsets, since system time fields are stored in GMT but org and user timezone settings affect how timestamps display.
- [Welcome to Slackforce](https://www.salesforce.com/news/linked-content/your-vision-your-data-now-with-a-ui-introducing-slack-surfaces/): Salesforce Newsroom announced 'Slackforce,' signaling deeper integration of Slack into the core Salesforce platform and branding.
- [Your Dreamforce ’26 Resource for Financial Services](https://www.salesforce.com/blog/financial-services-dreamforce-resources/): Salesforce published a resource hub consolidating Dreamforce '26 financial services content for both in-person and Salesforce+ attendees to reference during and after the event.
- [7 Must-See Dreamforce ’26 Keynotes to Stream at Home](https://www.salesforceben.com/7-must-see-dreamforce-keynotes-to-stream-at-home/): Salesforce+ will stream several Dreamforce 2026 keynote sessions for professionals unable to attend in San Francisco, with the conference agenda builder now live.
- [Salesforce collaborates with HP for friction-free, global point of sale](https://www.salesforce.com/blog/salesforce-pos-hp/): Salesforce is partnering with HP to deliver simplified, connected point-of-sale hardware aimed at helping retailers onboard seasonal staff quickly during peak shopping periods.
- [A Salesforce Professional’s Guide to OpenClaw 2.0 Multiplayer Support](https://www.salesforceben.com/a-salesforce-professionals-guide-to-openclaw-2-0-multiplayer-support/): OpenClaw, an open-source local AI agent platform, released version 2.0 adding multiplayer support, its first major update since its 2025 launch as ClawdBot.
- [5 Ways Marketers Can Turn Dreamforce Into Career Growth](https://www.salesforce.com/blog/5-ways-marketers-can-turn-dreamforce-into-career-growth/): Salesforce outlines five ways marketing professionals can use Dreamforce attendance for career development beyond product announcements and keynotes.
- [Is Agentforce Still Relevant Now That Salesforce Has Claudeforce?](https://www.salesforceben.com/is-agentforce-still-relevant-now-that-salesforce-has-claudeforce/): As Dreamforce approaches, commentary questions whether Agentforce remains relevant given growing attention on Salesforce's newer Claudeforce offering built with Anthropic's Claude.
- [Salesforce Expands Agentforce With a New Portfolio of AI Agents Built for High-Value Work](https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/agentforce-job-ready-ai-agents/): Salesforce expanded Agentforce with new prebuilt AI agents for sales, service, commerce and workforce tasks, designed to pursue multi-day goals and improve autonomously.

## About

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