Salesforce customers often leverage third-party or custom services to extend their orgs, and they do so with two common options: Connected Apps and External Services. Connected Apps let third-party vendors or custom code call Salesforce APIs using long-lived OAuth tokens, while External Services call vendor APIs through declarative configurations with vendor-managed hosting, scaling, and endpoint security. While both approaches deliver…
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10 Sept 2025
31 Jul 2025
This blog series has taken you on a journey through the world of AppLink, from its foundational concepts and core components in Heroku AppLink: Extend Salesforce with Any Programming Language, to a deep dive into its key integration patterns in AppLink Fundamentals I: AppLink Integration Patterns – Connecting Salesforce to Heroku Applications, and then we […] The post AppLink Fundamentals…
30 Jul 2025
In our previous posts, we introduced Heroku AppLink and explored its foundational integration patterns for connecting Heroku applications with Salesforce. Now, we’ll delve into how AppLink truly expands Salesforce capabilities, focusing on advanced integrations with Data Cloud, Flow, Apex, and Agentforce. This blog will highlight how AppLink empowers you to infuse your Salesforce orgs with […] The post AppLink Fundamentals…
29 Jul 2025
AppLink Fundamentals I: AppLink Integration Patterns – Connecting Salesforce to Heroku Applications
HerokuIn our previous post, we introduced AppLink as a powerful new way to extend Salesforce with any programming language at any scale, detailing its core components and overarching benefits. Now, we’ll dive deeper into the practical application of AppLink by exploring its primary integration patterns. Understanding these patterns is key to leveraging AppLink effectively, as […] The post AppLink Fundamentals…
26 Jun 2025
Partners are a critical part of the community in driving customer success in technology adoption. Today, we’re thrilled to announce new solution expertise and program benefits for Salesforce Consulting Partners to expand their practice with Heroku AI PaaS. Building on our announcement from earlier this year, today’s announcement is designed to deepen technical expertise and […] The post Elevate Your…
10 May 2024
Heroku Postgres is one of the world’s largest managed data stores. Our customers rely on Heroku Postgres to store valuable data, which powers a range of experiences and services they build on Heroku. Salesforce Data Cloud integrates all your company’s data into the Einstein 1 Platform, creating a comprehensive customer view for personalized engagements, analytics, […] The post Introducing the…
14 Mar 2022
At Salesforce, we strive to balance the security of your data and apps with an efficient and enjoyable user experience. Last year, we shortened login sessions for the Heroku Dashboard to 12 hours to improve security. Starting today, users can stay logged in for up to 24 hours. Even better, if you have multi-factor authentication […] The post Improving User…
12 Apr 2021
Customer Trust is our highest priority at Salesforce and Heroku. It’s more important than ever to implement stronger security measures in light of increasing security threats that could affect services and apps that are critical to businesses and communities. We’re pleased to announce that all Heroku customers can now take advantage of the security offered […] The post Enhancing Security:…
28 Feb 2019
The recent introduction of Platform Events and Change Data Capture (CDC) in Salesforce has launched us into a new age of integration capabilities. Today, it's possible to develop custom apps that respond to activity in Salesforce. Whether you're creating a memorable customer interaction or implementing an internal workflow for employees, consider an event-sourced design to […] The post Reactive Programming…
26 Sept 2018
15 Nov 2016
Today we are announcing a significant enhancement to Heroku External Objects: write support. Salesforce users can now create, read, update, and delete records that physically reside in any Heroku Postgres database from within their Salesforce deployment. Increasingly, developers need to build applications with the sophistication and user experience of the consumer Internet, coupled with the […] The post Now GA:…
10 Sept 2015
Apps are at the heart of modern businesses, and are important assets that need a secure platform geared for compliance and security. We launched Heroku Enterprise earlier this year with this in mind and today we are excited to announce the beta of Heroku Identity Federation for Heroku Enterprise customers. This feature unifies the login […] The post Integrated security…
9 Sept 2015
Today we are releasing a reference architecture and sample app for running e-commerce apps on Heroku, with a simple pattern for integrating customer, order and product data with Salesforce via Heroku Connect. The key: Any transaction recorded in Heroku Postgres can be seamlessly integrated with Salesforce via Heroku Connect. Salesforce for E-Commerce Many Salesforce customers […] The post Customer Centered…
14 Jul 2015
Heroku Connect provides seamless data synchronization between Heroku Postgres databases and Salesforce organizations. Without writing a single line of integration code, you can sync hundreds of millions of Salesforce records in near real time using a simple point-and-click UI. Resiliency and data consistency are assured with robust automatic error recovery and easy to use Salesforce […] The post Heroku Connect:…
24 Feb 2015
Nine months ago we released Heroku Connect, the bi-directional data synchronization service that enables developers to build Heroku apps that seamlessly interact with Salesforce data. Since then, we’ve seen developers use it to build all types of interesting apps for web and mobile, especially for eCommerce, loyalty, and Internet of Things use cases. We’ve also […] The post Heroku Connect…
13 Nov 2014
Today we are announcing a new data solution for combined users of the Heroku and Salesforce platform: Heroku External Objects. The newest feature of Heroku Connect, Heroku External Objects makes data from any Heroku Postgres database – like that from customer apps, transaction systems, or data warehouses- seamlessly available within a given Salesforce deployment. Leveraging […] The post Heroku External…
14 Oct 2014
Introducing Heroku CX Patterns: Building Customer Experiences on Heroku with Salesforce Services
HerokuA quick glance at most any phone shows the importance and urgency – for businesses of all kinds – of creating mobile customer apps. Our everyday activities – finding a ride, ordering a meal or turning on a light are increasingly mobile experiences. But delivering a great omnichannel experience to customers requires more than just […] The post Introducing Heroku…
7 Oct 2014
With the Salesforce hackathon fast approaching, I wanted to give a quick overview on building apps that use the force.com APIs (part of the Salesforce1 platform). The force APIs are rich and varied, so sometimes just getting started can seem a little daunting. What services are provided? The force.com APIs give your application access to […] The post Getting started…
17 Jul 2014
Heroku Connect is a service offered by Heroku which performs 2-way data synchronization between Salesforce and a Heroku Postgres database. When we first built Heroku Connect, we decided to use polling to determine when data had changed on either side. Polling isn’t pretty, but its simple and reliable, and those are “top line” features for […] The post Heroku Connect:…
8 Jul 2014
Force.com and Heroku are both part of the Salesforce1 platform. There are lots of great ways to leverage force.com from your Heroku app. This article will give an overview and pointers to get you started. Heroku Connect The easiest way to link force.com and Heroku is to use our two-way data synchronization service Heroku Connect. […] The post Using force.com…