Jo Ann Lewis of Point of Light organization presented Salesforce Spring '13 Release highlights of concern to nonprofit users at the March 20 Atlanta Salesforce Nonprofit User Group meeting. Thank you, Jo Ann.
2. Chatter Updates
More websites (mostly news sources) contain previews
You can Like a post via email
Search within groups
3. Chatter Updates
Public group posting for everyone
Ability to create view & create tasks directly from
chatter feeds
4. Outlook Integration Updates
New Salesforce Outlook Side Panel (previously in
Beta) now generally available.
The Salesforce for Outlook Side Panel lets you view
opportunities and activities, and associate emails to an
opportunity, contact account etc right from Outlook.
Just click, and the Side Panel will take you right to the
information you need in Salesforce, without signing
in.
6. Sales & Service Clouds
Salesforce Touch now generally available (iPad)
Multiple Apps are now available
Dashboards, Leads & Cases added
Custom VisualForce pages available
Quarterly Forecasting & Partner Opportunity Forecasting
available
Knowledge Mobile introduced (Available in app Exchange)
Knowledge usage tracking for web & mobile self service
sites
Workflow rules allowed on Account & Opportunity teams
Ability to add a single contact to a shared activity returned
7. Data.com
More D&B data added
Full D&B database of Global Accounts added
New City Search
8. Platform Updates
User Sharing rules
Multi-Select Picklist fields auto-size in edit mode
Smaller Chatter Messenger when minimized
Search & access SharePoint data via Sunlight Search
Login links for new users work only once
Record Type information now available as a Cross-
object Reference
9. Platform Updates
State and Country picklist on standard address fields
*Address field type coming soon*
10. Help & Work.com Updates
Help has been updated. New site –
Help.Salesforce.com
The 4000 page success guide had been broken into 14
downloadable guides that are role specific
5 Minute tutorial “Quick Starts” have been added
Work.com has added
Coaching
Onboarding goals
Performance summaries, plans & calibration
Skills profiles
Badges & Trophy cases