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Org-driven development is akin to Microsoft or Apple making changes by first implementing the changes on your colleague’s machine, then copying the files they updated to yours. We can even use the Salesforce DX package to manage every release version and rollback to any earlier version with just a few clicks. Instead, we move the copy of the metadata that we committed to our repo. When we want to deploy changes to another environment, we don’t move the current copy of that item in the original org. With Salesforce DX, we can use scratch orgs (or sandboxes) to develop atomic changes and then sync them into our source code repository. Prior to Salesforce DX, source-driven development was difficult, brittle, required dedicated team members and was prone to human error when merging XML changes manually. It has always been possible with Salesforce but never easy. Source-driven development is the normal method outside of the Salesforce ecosystem. When choosing release management tools, it’s important to consider if you want to follow a source-driven or an org-driven development approach. Many teams actually use a combination of these tools depending on the risk of the change and the urgency to get a fix into production. The important thing to keep in mind is that there isn’t a single tool to fit everyone’s unique requirements.

To help answer this question, I wanted to provide a summary about the wide variety of tools available for deploying changes between Salesforce orgs and some information around their key strengths or suitability. “What are my options for deploying Salesforce changes?”

One thing that I am asked all of the time…

Industry Clouds Provar works across Industry Clouds for a seamless test building and automation experience.

Salesforce Industries (Vlocity) Provar’s unique solution readily identifies and maps Vlocity UI elements using a custom locator.

Salesforce CPQ Easily create tests with Test Builder and keep the pricing, product and proposal process error free.

Metadata mapping makes test building fast, easy and without the maintenance overhead.

ServiceMax Build Provar tests while working in ServiceMax.

Field Service Hard to test features like Work Orders and Service Territories are easily automated with Provar.

Service Cloud Automate the testing of your mission critical workflows, including Cases, Consoles and Communities.

Sales Cloud Get up and running with test automation for Sales Cloud in hours rather than days or weeks.

Platform Cloud Provar supports any custom app built on the Salesforce Platform.

If you’re still moving to Lightning, or merging an older org, Provar can help.

Classic and Lightning Provar tests work in both Classic and Lightning.

Ant migration tool salesforce custom apps