How to Match Production Licenses to Sandbox without a Refresh || Quick Reference
Reference: http://releasenotes.docs.salesforce.com/en-us/summer14/release-notes/rn_forcecom_sandbox_copy_licenses.htm
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Admin Notes — Licenses in Salesforce
Salesforce User LicenseWhile making myself prepared for Salesforce Administration Certification (ADM 201), I came to know that Salesforce is having many license types and it makes me confused. So I though of keeping notes of different license types as I study/understand them.Salesforce’s User Licenses are used to give access to the data. The license type determines which profiles and permission sets are available to the user.To view a list of active user licenses in your Salesforce org, click Setup | Company Profile | Company Information. You will find something like below -Below are the Salesforce User Licenses -Let me put descriptions about few commonly used User Licenses below -Salesforce – It provides full access to standard CRM, custom apps/AppExchange Apps.Salesforce Platform – It provides full access to Custom Apps and core objects (Accounts, Contacts etc.). But it will not provide any access to standard CRM (so no Opportunities, no Forecasting).Force.com – One App – It provided access to one custom app and read only access to core objects(Accounts, Contacts etc.)Knowledge Only User – It provides access to Salesforce Knowledge apps only.Chatter Free – It provides access to Chatter to the people within the organisation without Chatter license. So no additional cost is required.Chatter External – It allows customers to use Chatter group. No additional cost is required.Chatter Only – It provides access to Chatter to the people within the organisation without Chatter...
Read MoreDifferent Chatter Licenses in Salesforce
In Salesforce, we have two types of Chatter Licenses. Below are they and small description to help you in choosing Salesforce Chatter license appropriate for your requirement.Chatter Free License: User with Chatter Free License can access people, profiles, groups and files. They can make posts, view comments, upload & view files, join groups. But they can’t interact with Salesforce data such as accounts, contacts or opportunities.So if you have a requirement of allowing people to only join groups, view/participate in conversation, please allow Chatter Free License to those people.Chatter External License: Chatter External License allows people outside the organization, such as customer, into private groups in the Chatter community. Users with Chatter External License can – see the groups they belong to, and profiles of members of those groups.share files common to groups they belong.Customers with Chatter External License can only be invited to a private Chatter group.They can see-Groups and profiles of the members of groups they belong to.Files shared to groups they belong toThey cannot-Post to profiles.See records or other Salesforce information, even in search results.Be followed. Additionally, customer can’t follow people or files also.So if you have a requirement of allowing people outside of your organization i.e. your customers to join specific groups, please allow Chatter External License to those...
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