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SALESFORCE-ASSOCIATE · Question #14

A Salesforce associate tries to create a new user in a sandbox using Astroゞetdoudy.org as the username and it fails. What is the problem with creating the Astro3getcloudy.org' username?

The correct answer is B. Salesforce usernames must be unique across all Salesforce orgs and that one is already in use. Salesforce usernames must be globally unique across every Salesforce org worldwide - including production orgs, sandboxes, Developer Edition orgs, and scratch orgs. If a username like '[email protected]' already exists in any Salesforce org anywhere, it cannot be reused. This…

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Question

A Salesforce associate tries to create a new user in a sandbox using Astroゞetdoudy.org as the username and it fails. What is the problem with creating the Astro3getcloudy.org' username?

Options

  • ASalesforce usernames must include the user s full name and be formatted like an email address.
  • BSalesforce usernames must be unique across all Salesforce orgs and that one is already in use.
  • CSalesforce usernames must be formatted like an email address with.com at the end.

How the community answered

(30 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    93% (28)
  • C
    3% (1)

Explanation

Salesforce usernames must be globally unique across every Salesforce org worldwide - including production orgs, sandboxes, Developer Edition orgs, and scratch orgs. If a username like '[email protected]' already exists in any Salesforce org anywhere, it cannot be reused. This is a common pitfall when creating sandbox users because sandbox usernames often collide with existing production usernames. Option A is incorrect because Salesforce does not require the user's full name in the username. Option C is incorrect because usernames can end in any valid domain extension (e.g., .org, .net), not just .com.

Topics

#Salesforce Users#User Administration#Username Uniqueness#User Provisioning

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