Course 1.8 · Curriculum 2026.1
Administrator exam preparation
Sit the Administrator exam knowing your weakest section by name. Two full mock exams, sampled on the published domain weightings, reported per section.
- Estimated effort
- 6 hr
- Lessons
- 32
- Modules
- 7
- Material
- 6 hr
Estimated effort is the sum of the lesson and lab times in the course outline, for this version of the course.
Salesforce Certified Administrator, with Salesforce. A ShareCo certificate records what we assessed. It is not a Salesforce certification and does not replace one.
This course is planned and not on sale. The curriculum below is the plan, and it may change before the course opens.
See the courses on sale01What you will learn
7 capabilities, stated as things you can do
Each one is what you should be able to do at the end, not what the course covers. If an outcome is not testable, it is not an outcome.
- State your current score against the pass mark, by section, rather than as one number.
- Read a scenario question the way the exam writes it, and eliminate two options before reading the rest.
- Recognise the seven exam domains in a question you have never seen.
- Rebuild a weak section from the lessons linked to it, then re-sit and measure the movement.
- Budget 105 minutes across 60 scored questions without running out of time.
- Explain why a ShareCo certificate is not a Salesforce certification, and book the real exam.
- Walk into the exam having already sat two full-length mocks under the real time limit.
02Curriculum
7 modules, 32 lessons
Every lesson shows its length and its type, from the course outline.
7 modules · 32 lessons · 6 hr of material
The format first, because a scenario question is easier to answer once you know how it was written. Sixty scored questions, five unscored pilot items, 105 minutes.
- VideoSixty scored questions, five unscored pilot items, and 105 minutesPilot items are unscored and indistinguishable, so there is no question worth skipping. Our mocks serve them the same way.Preview5 min
- VideoThe 68% pass mark, stored as editable data rather than a constantSalesforce revises pass marks and weightings. Ours live in a blueprint record with the date they were last checked, so a revision is an edit rather than a release.5 min
- VideoThe seven domains, and the weightings the sampler uses4 min
- VideoReading a scenario question, and eliminating two options before the rest4 min
- ReadingWhy a ShareCo certificate is not a Salesforce certificationIt states the hours, the curriculum version and how it was assessed, and it names the official exam to sit next. The credential is worth more for being honest about its scope.4 min
Sit a full-length mock before revising anything. A diagnostic taken after revision tells you what you just read, not what you know.
- QuizMock exam one, sat cold under the real time limit60 scored questions plus 5 unscored pilot items in 105 minutes, sampled stratified across the seven published domain weightings.1 hr 45 min
- VideoReading your section report: which domain is actually weakA result screen showing only a total score is a failed result screen. Yours reports per section, and every weak section links to the lessons that teach it.6 min
- VideoBuilding a revision plan from a section report, not from a total4 min
The two largest domains, worth 40% of the exam between them. Most of what goes wrong here is vocabulary rather than knowledge.
- VideoSetup areas the exam tests, and the ones it never asks about5 min
- VideoCompany settings, business hours, and the fiscal year question5 min
- VideoObject Manager, field types, and the exam’s favourite trick question5 min
- VideoLightning App Builder, dynamic forms, and page assignment4 min
- ReadingConfiguration and object manager, mapped to the lessons that teach them4 min
Three domains worth 29% together. The exam tests the standard process, not the one your org customised.
- VideoLead conversion, and what it does not carry over6 min
- VideoOpportunity stages, forecast categories, and the exam’s forecast question6 min
- VideoCases, queues, assignment rules and escalation5 min
- VideoKnowledge, Omni-Channel, and the article lifecycle question5 min
- ReadingThe sales, service and productivity domains, mapped to their lessons5 min
14% of the exam, and the domain where a real admin is most likely to answer from habit rather than from the documented behaviour.
- VideoImport Wizard versus Data Loader, the way the exam frames the choice6 min
- VideoStorage, backup and export, with the numbers the exam quotes5 min
- VideoReport types, joined reports, and the dashboard running user5 min
- VideoField history tracking, and the retention period the exam expects5 min
- ReadingData and analytics management, mapped to the lessons that teach it5 min
16% of the exam, and the domain where the right exam answer and the right production answer are not always the same tool.
- VideoFlow, Process Builder, and the outdated tools the exam still tests5 min
- VideoApproval processes, exam-style5 min
- VideoChoosing an automation tool on an exam question, not in real lifeThe exam rewards the documented recommendation. Course 1.4 taught you what you would actually build, and this lesson names the gap.5 min
- VideoValidation rules and the save order, in exam wording4 min
- ReadingWorkflow and process automation, mapped to the lessons that teach it4 min
A second full-length sitting, cold, so the movement between the two section reports is real rather than remembered.
- QuizMock exam two, sat cold without reviewing mock one firstA fresh stratified sample at the same weightings. Reviewing mock one immediately before this would measure recall, not readiness.1 hr 45 min
- VideoComparing two section reports to confirm the movement was real6 min
- ReadingBudgeting 105 minutes across 60 scored questions, and booking the real exam5 min
- QuizCheck: readiness against the pass mark, by domain8 min
A diagnostic, not a gate
You are at 61%, the real exam needs 68%, and your weakest section is named with the lessons that fix it. That loop is what you are paying for. A score is a starting point here, never a verdict.
- Scored questions
- 60
- Pilot items
- 5
- Time
- 105 min
- Pass mark
- 68%
- 20%Configuration and setupLessons that fix itSetup: the twelve pages you will use every week · 7 minUsers, licences, and what a licence actually buys · 6 minDeveloper, Developer Pro, Partial Copy and Full · 6 min
- 20%Object manager and Lightning App BuilderLessons that fix itThe field types, and the three you will misuse · 6 minLookup versus master-detail, stated as a trade · 6 minObject Manager, and reading a field definition properly · 6 min
- 11%Sales and marketing applicationsLessons that fix itAccount, Contact, Lead and Opportunity: the shape of a sales record · 7 min
- 11%Service and support applicationsLessons that fix itCase, Asset and Entitlement: the shape of a service record · 6 min
- 7%Productivity and collaborationLessons that fix itSubscriptions, and the alert that replaces opening the dashboard · 7 min
- 14%Data and analytics managementLessons that fix itReport types, and the fields you cannot reach without a custom one · 7 minExternal ids and upsert, and why record ids are the wrong key · 7 minMatching rules: fuzzy, exact, and the fields that actually discriminate · 6 min
- 16%Workflow and process automationLessons that fix itBefore-save versus after-save, and the performance argument · 6 minWhat happens when 200 records save at once · 7 minFault paths, and making a failure tell someone · 6 min
Weightings transcribed from the published Administrator exam guide, checked August 2026. The published set sums to 99%, so the sampler normalises across it. Pass mark stored as editable data, not a constant.
04Before you start
What you need first
Assumed knowledge and setup
- Courses 1.1 to 1.7, or equivalent hands-on experience in a real org.
- A Developer Edition org for the practical review labs.
- Nothing else. The mock exams are delivered here and scored on our servers.
Before this course
- 1.1 · The org, the data model, and where everything actually lives
- 1.2 · Users, profiles, permission sets and sharing
- 1.3 · Objects, fields, relationships and the lookup-versus-master-detail decision
- 1.4 · Flow: the automation you will actually build
- 1.5 · Reports, dashboards and the question they are supposed to answer
- 1.6 · Data management: imports, duplicates, and cleaning up after someone else
- 1.7 · Release management without a sandbox horror story
05Who teaches it
Ege Taskent
Salesforce Developer, Certified Platform Administrator
The credential, and the rollout. The half of an implementation where people actually start using the thing.
Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator
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- Assessment
- Server-scoredThe answer key never reaches your browser. Passing the assessment is what issues the certificate.
- Curriculum version
- 2026.1You enrol into a version. Content changes do not move you mid-course, and your required-lesson count is snapshotted at enrollment.
- Refunds
- 14 daysAn individual purchase can be refunded within 14 days if you have completed less than 20% of the lessons. Team seats are refundable before they are assigned. From the Academy terms.
ShareCo Academy: Administrator exam preparation
- Credential
- Specimen
- Hours
- 6 hr
Assessed by 60-question server-scored exam, 68% pass mark, reported by section.
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- 6 hr estimated effort, labs included
- A ShareCo certificate is not a Salesforce certification