Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator Study Guide: Launch and Elevate Your Salesforce Career
Author(s): Mike Wheeler (Author)
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Publication Date: November 11, 2025
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 524 pages
ISBN-10: 1098165748
ISBN-13: 9781098165741
Book Description
Whether you’re starting your Salesforce journey, planning a career shift, or curious about cloud computing and customer relationship management (CRM), this practical book is the source you need. Packed with foundational knowledge and practical insights, the Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator Study Guide demystifies the cloud, CRM, and the entire Salesforce ecosystem.
Author Mike Wheeler, who holds eight Salesforce certifications and has worked as a Salesforce administrator, developer, trainer, and consultant, leads you through the certification process and shows you how to navigate Salesforce with confidence. This book equips you to apply best practices in administration, data management, customization, and security while preparing for the certification exam.
With this guide you will:
Understand Salesforce’s core concepts and architecture as the leading CRM platform
Learn key administration practices, from managing data to configuring security and customization
Prepare for the Salesforce Platform Administrator Certification with complete coverage of all knowledge areas
Assess your exam readiness with chapter-ending quizzes and a realistic, full-length practice test with detailed answer explanations
Mike Wheeler, founder of Rapid Reskill and Velza, holds eight Salesforce certifications and has worked as an administrator, developer, trainer, and consultant. Since 2016, he’s taught hundreds of thousands online to use Salesforce, gain certifications, and build careers, with a focus on Salesforce and AI training and consulting.
Editorial Reviews
Review
The Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator Study Guide is a comprehensive, exam-focused resource that helps readers build real skills while preparing for certification. The book covers the full breadth of the Administrator exam with clear explanations, step-by-step walkthroughs, and scenario-driven examples that reflect how Salesforce is used on the job. What readers will find inside:
Coverage aligned to all seven knowledge areas on the Salesforce Administrator exam
Chapter-ending quizzes that reinforce key concepts and check understanding as you go
A full-length, 60-question practice test weighted to match the official exam guide, with detailed answer rationales
Hands-on guidance for configuration, security and access, data and analytics management, sales and service applications, productivity and collaboration, and automation with Flow
Practical tips, admin best practices, and exam strategy woven throughout
About the author Mike Wheeler is a veteran Salesforce trainer and practitioner with eight Salesforce certifications. He has worked professionally on the platform as an administrator, developer, trainer, and consultant, and is the founder of Velza, a Salesforce and AI implementation consultancy, and Rapid Reskill, which specializes in Salesforce and AI training.
From the Author
Writing the Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator Study Guide has been both a professional milestone and a personal mission. Over the years I have helped hundreds of thousands of students learn Salesforce, and I have taught the Platform Administrator Certification live across more than thirty cohorts. Each time I have seen how mastering the fundamentals of the platform can transform careers and open doors to new opportunities. My goal with this book was to create the resource I wish I had when I began my own Salesforce journey. Instead of relying on memorization, I want readers to gain a deep understanding of concepts, learn how they apply in practice, and build confidence through assessments. That is why each chapter ends with a quiz, and why I included a full-length, weighted practice test that reflects the weighting of the official exam. These tools not only prepare you for the certification but also help you develop real skills that you will use every day as a Salesforce professional. With the introduction of Agentforce, the importance of being fundamentally sound as a Salesforce professional is greater than ever. I teach both live and on-demand through Rapid Reskill, and I see how Salesforce provides the most approachable path to learning how to build AI agents and automate at enterprise grade and scale. To succeed in this new era, you must first understand the foundation of the platform itself. This book is designed to give you that solid groundwork so you can not only pass the Platform Administrator exam but also be well prepared for the future, wherever your learning journey and work may take you. Thank you for letting me be part of your journey. I look forward to seeing how this book helps you achieve your goals, and I wish you success as you continue to grow in the Salesforce ecosystem.
From the Back Cover
Whether you’re starting your Salesforce journey, planning a career shift, or curious about cloud computing and customer relationship management (CRM), this practical book is the source you need. Packed with foundational knowledge and practical insights, the Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator Study Guide demystifies the cloud, CRM, and the entire Salesforce ecosystem. Author Mike Wheeler, who holds eight Salesforce certifications and has worked as a Salesforce administrator, developer, trainer, and consultant, leads you through the certification process and shows you how to navigate Salesforce with confidence. This book equips you to apply best practices in administration, data management, customization, and security while preparing for the certification exam. With this guide you will:
Understand Salesforce’s core concepts and architecture as the leading CRM platform
Learn key administration practices, from managing data to configuring security and customization
Prepare for the Salesforce Platform Administrator Certification with complete coverage of all knowledge areas
Assess your exam readiness with chapter-ending quizzes and a realistic, full-length practice test with detailed answer explanations
About the Author
Mike Wheeler holds 8 Salesforce Certifications and has worked professionally on the Salesforce platform as an Administrator, Developer and Consultant. Since 2016, Mike has been teaching hundreds of thousands of students online on how to use Salesforce, attain certifications and launch their careers. He is the founder of the Rapid Reskill online training platform and Velza LLC, a Salesforce and Agentforce solutions consultancy.
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