Agentforce Grid Enables Next-Gen Admins to Scale AI Workflows
Salesforce Admins Podcast
Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast, we talk to Avi Shah, Senior Director of Product Management for Salesforce AI. Join us as we chat about Agentforce Grid, a new way to coordinate data, automation, and AI agents. You should for the full episode, but here are a few takeaways from our conversation with Avi Shah. Spreadsheet-style AI workflows to simplify complex automation Salesforce Admins deal with data, automations, and AI every day. But how do you make everything work together in a way that makes sense? That’s why I sat down with Avi Shah to talk about Agentforce Grid, a...
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How Agent Script Is Redefining the Admin Role
Salesforce Admins Podcast
Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast, we talk to Joshua Birk, Senior Director of Admin Evangelism at Salesforce. Join us as we chat about how Agent Script helps admins build more predictable and reliable AI solutions. You should for the full episode, but here are a few takeaways from our conversation with Joshua Birk. How Agent Script expands the admin toolkit The new Agentforce Builder gives admins new tools to create effective AI agents to help their orgs. Chief among them is Agent Script, which gives you more control than ever before over how your agents operate and behave. I sat down...
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How Salesforce Built a Scalable AI Puzzle App in Six Weeks
Salesforce Admins Podcast
Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast, we talk to Jagan Nathan, Senior AI Architect at Salesforce. Join us as we chat about how he built a Slack app for Salesforce’s “Million Dollar Puzzle” ad, where millions of concurrent users raced to solve riddles by chatting with Slackbots. You should for the full episode, but here are a few takeaways from our conversation with Jagan Nathan. The tech behind the “Million Dollar Puzzle” contest If you were watching the big game, you might have seen Salesforce’s “Million Dollar Puzzle”. As soon as the ad aired, the race was on for...
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How Admins Can Get the Most Out of TDX 2026
Salesforce Admins Podcast
Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast, we talk to Jennifer Lee, Lead Admin Evangelist, and Eliza Riley, Content Manager for Admin Marketing at Salesforce. Join us as we chat about what’s coming at TDX and how to get the most out of your visit. You should for the full episode, but here are a few takeaways from our conversation with Jennifer Lee and Eliza Riley. Connect with product leaders at TDX TDX is around the corner, and I sat down with Eliza and Jen to talk about must-see content for admins and how to get the most out of your visit. One thing you won’t want to miss out on this year...
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What Is My Trust Center and How Does It Help Admins?
Salesforce Admins Podcast
Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast, we talk to John Maxey, Senior Product Manager at Salesforce. Join us as we chat about how My Trust Center can help admins communicate incidents, plan releases, and operate with transparency. You should for the full episode, but here are a few takeaways from our conversation with John Maxey. From static status pages to personalized trust When I was early in my admin career in 2008, keeping track of status updates was as simple as loading up Salesforce Trust. These days, with so many different products and services, it’s gotten a lot more complicated....
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How Salesforce Admins Are Evolving to Run the Agentic Enterprise
Salesforce Admins Podcast
Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast, we talk to Rebecca Saar, Senior Director of Admin Relations at Salesforce. Join us as we chat about governance, productivity, and why Salesforce Admins are more essential than ever in the agentic enterprise. You should for the full episode, but here are a few takeaways from our conversation with Rebecca Saar. Admins are becoming the guardians of trust As AI becomes an ever bigger part of our day-to-day lives, I wanted to bring Rebecca Saar on the pod to talk about what changes and what stays the same. One thing she emphasizes is that admins are here to...
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How Can Agentforce Help Manage a Salesforce Backlog?
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Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast, we talk to Neil Foglio, Solution Architect at Arkus. Join us as we chat about how to use a backlog to prioritize requests in your Salesforce org, and how Agentforce can help improve transparency and trust. You should for the full episode, but here are a few takeaways from our conversation with Neil Foglio. Why Salesforce Admins need a backlog We talk a lot about forward-looking statements on this podcast, but what about that thing trailing along behind you? That’s right, it’s your technical debt. If you’re facing a mountain of requests, this...
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The Future of Salesforce Setup Is Agent-Driven
Salesforce Admins Podcast
Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast, we talk to Cheryl Feldman, Senior Director of Product Management at Salesforce. Join us as we chat about how Agentforce is reshaping the Setup experience. You should for the full episode, but here are a few takeaways from our conversation with Cheryl Feldman. From 1,300 pages to one conversation Let’s be honest. Setup has always been where the real admin magic happens. But it can be surprisingly complicated to answer a simple question, like, “Why can’t my user edit this record?” As Cheryl Feldman explains, it’s because Setup has slowly grown...
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How Does Agent Script Give Admins More Control?
Salesforce Admins Podcast
Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast, we talk to Joshua Birk, Senior Director of Admin Evangelism at Salesforce. Join us as we chat about how to get started with Agent Script and how it helps admins build better AI agents. You should for the full episode, but here are a few takeaways from our conversation with Joshua Birk. What is Agent Script? Big changes are coming to how admins build AI agents with Salesforce, and so I’ve brought Josh Birk on the pod to help us understand what’s going on with the new Agentforce Builder. There are backend updates to the Atlas Reasoning Engine, but...
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What Are True to the Core Deep Dives at TDX?
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Today on the Salesforce Admins Podcast, we talk to Kate Lessard, Lead Admin Evangelist at Salesforce. Join us as we chat about the new True to the Core Deep Dive sessions coming to TDX. You should for the full episode, but here are a few takeaways from our conversation with Kate Lessard. True to the Core Deep Dives are coming to TDX If you’ve been enjoying the True to the Core Deep Dive video series, we’ve got something exciting coming up for you at TDX. Each month, we host a virtual Q&A session with Salesforce product leaders about a topic chosen by the community. It’s a great...
info_outlineToday on the Salesforce Admins Podcast, a holiday fable.
The Gift of the Admin
Once, in a company not unlike yours,
There was an Admin named Riley—
The kind of Admin who could fix a broken report
Before the requestor even finished explaining it.
Now, every season brought its own challenges.
Deadlines, new features, odd little mysteries
That crept into the org like snowflakes—
Unique, intricate, and occasionally inconvenient.
But this season felt different.
People were tired.
Teams were stretched.
And the org itself seemed to sigh
Under the weight of so many expectations.
So Riley decided to give a gift.
Not a wrapped one,
Not a shiny one,
But a gift only an Admin could give:
Clarity.
Riley began quietly, almost invisibly—
Cleaning up old fields no one used,
Fixing automation that everyone complained about
But no one had time to understand.
Organizing objects like a librarian
Restoring order to a well-loved shelf.
They documented things no one remembered building.
They created a dashboard that told the truth
In a way executives could finally understand.
They met with a team that felt unheard
And turned their ideas into something real.
Little by little, the org brightened.
People moved with more confidence.
Decisions came easier.
Work flowed instead of stumbled.
And one morning, someone said,
“I don’t know what changed,
But everything just feels clearer.”
Riley just smiled.
The best Admin work often goes unseen—
But never unfelt.
Because the gift of the Admin
Isn’t the features they build
Or the bugs they squash
Or the fires they quietly put out.
The gift of the Admin
Is alignment.
The gift of the Admin
Is understanding.
The gift of the Admin
Is a better tomorrow,
Built one thoughtful choice at a time.
And that’s a gift
Every org needs—
No matter the season.
Make sure subscribe to the Salesforce Admins Podcast to hear a new episode every week. Happy holidays!
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Full show transcript
Happy holidays, Salesforce Admins. Rather than a traditional episode, I’ve decided to give you a modern fable. It’s called “The Gift of the Admin.”
Once, in a company not unlike yours,
There was an Admin named Riley—
The kind of Admin who could fix a broken report
Before the requestor even finished explaining it.
Now, every season brought its own challenges.
Deadlines, new features, odd little mysteries
That crept into the org like snowflakes—
Unique, intricate, and occasionally inconvenient.
But this season felt different.
People were tired.
Teams were stretched.
And the org itself seemed to sigh
Under the weight of so many expectations.
So Riley decided to give a gift.
Not a wrapped one,
Not a shiny one,
But a gift only an Admin could give:
Clarity.
Riley began quietly, almost invisibly—
Cleaning up old fields no one used,
Fixing automation that everyone complained about
But no one had time to understand.
Organizing objects like a librarian
Restoring order to a well-loved shelf.
They documented things no one remembered building.
They created a dashboard that told the truth
In a way executives could finally understand.
They met with a team that felt unheard
And turned their ideas into something real.
Little by little, the org brightened.
People moved with more confidence.
Decisions came easier.
Work flowed instead of stumbled.
And one morning, someone said,
“I don’t know what changed,
But everything just feels clearer.”
Riley just smiled.
The best Admin work often goes unseen—
But never unfelt.
Because the gift of the Admin
Isn’t the features they build
Or the bugs they squash
Or the fires they quietly put out.
The gift of the Admin
Is alignment.
The gift of the Admin
Is understanding.
The gift of the Admin
Is a better tomorrow,
Built one thoughtful choice at a time.
And that’s a gift
Every org needs—
No matter the season.
Happy holidays, Salesforce Admins.