Be Ready for These Challenges When Integrating Salesforce with Your External Storage
Your business is thriving. Your sales process and customer experience have been boosted. Now you want to further enhance your operations within Salesforce to take your business to the next level. You start being on the lookout for solutions that can streamline your processes. You invest massively in storage systems that you feel are the right fit. But, there will be something that will set up the roadblock — their integration with Salesforce. Most enterprises find it difficult to effectively integrate Salesforce with their external storage systems in order to manage their data and files better. What are those difficulties? Let’s take a look at it. #1. Complex Configuration Undoubtedly, integrating Salesforce with an external storage system is challenging. And, if your external storage comes with certain complexities, integrating it with your CRM platform will pose additional challenges. For example, integrating Salesforce with legacy systems, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, or custom-built applications often necessitates the use of specialized connectors, middleware, or APIs to facilitate the integration process. So, to achieve effective and robust integration, you need to navigate the intricacies of these systems. #2. Nonsupport For Salesforce Cloud Apps And 3rd-Party Apps If you use Salesforce, it’s no surprise that you have several associated apps to streamline your processes. You must have different Salesforce cloud apps such as Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, or Marketing Cloud for different purposes. In addition, you will have different external applications for varied business requirements such as XfilesPro DocuPrime for auto document generation. What if you can’t experience a streamlined process with your supporting apps post-integration? Your efforts and money will go in vain. So, when integrating Salesforce with your external storage, it’s crucial to ensure continued support for your cloud apps and 3rd-party apps. Learn how to manage files generated from 3rd-party apps here. #3. Unable To Achieve the Maximized ROI To integrate Salesforce with your external storage, you need to invest in a file management solution that should bank for your bucks. If the app asks you for annual maintenance costs or any other penny for unnecessary needs, it will break your bank and you can’t receive maximized ROI from it. So, your focus should be on leveraging the app to the fullest to receive an enhanced ROI from it. #4. Violation Against Compliance Guidelines Your compliance guidelines are stringent so that you can’t break them. So, you need to follow your regulatory demands even after the integration of Salesforce with your external storage system. But there’s a high chance that you might not meet the guidelines as most integration apps don’t support the external storage systems that your compliance demands. So, please be wise and ponder over the complications in your compliance before the integration takes place. #5. Choosing The Wrong Application For Integration All your efforts for a successful integration between Salesforce and your external storage would only succeed if you hire the right application for the integration. Investing in an inappropriate application is a common mistake businesses of all sizes make. So, make sure you choose an app that helps you fill the right gaps, setting your integration on the right path. You need to find an application that is scalable, cost-effective, does not demand maintenance charges, and meets your compliance requirements. But it doesn’t seem like a cakewalk to find one such application. On that note, let us recommend XfilesPro, the #1 file management app for Salesforce. We can confidently say that this is where you can achieve peace of mind by saying goodbye to all those file management challenges. XfilesPro is that pro application you need to seamlessly integrate your Salesforce with any of your external platforms without the need for an additional connector and by eliminating complex configuration challenges. This application helps you to meet your compliance guidelines by integrating Salesforce with your compliance-approved external cloud storage platforms such as SharePoint, AWS S3, Google Drive, and OneDrive as well as on-premise platforms. The added benefit is that once the successful integration is done, you can move the growing Salesforce files to your external storage so that your storage space will remain optimized. Since our app won’t cost you any maintenance charge, you can gain maximized ROI as well. Do you want to learn more about XfilesPro? Schedule a demo with one of our product experts. AMARLAL
Live Webinar: Store, Manage, and Access Documents in Salesforce with XfilesPro
If you have been using Salesforce for a while, you must have faced the inconvenience that the growing volume of files created in your org. The overloaded file storage space must have brought you nothing less than a horrific file management experience in Salesforce. Have you thought about overcoming this hurdle? Or have you already taken preventive measures against it? If you’re in the first category, you know that reducing the file volume in Salesforce is not a solution as your growing business mandates more and more files. So, you can think only about a solution that can eliminate the hurdles of managing a huge number of files within the Salesforce Org. If you’re truly on the search for a solution to overcome the file management challenges, we suggest you achieve peace of mind with XfilesPro. With this no.1 file management application in AppExchange, you can simplify the complexities that growing file volumes bring in your workflow and elevate your file management experience in Salesforce. If you are curious to learn more about XfilesPro, we welcome you to join our upcoming webinar on 15th June 2023 where we will talk about how to efficiently Store, Manage, and Access Documents in Salesforce with XfilesPro. Our key speakers Sambit Samant (Principal Consultant, Product) and Shreshth Tiwari (Lead Consultant, Product) will expound on; Challenges in Document/File Management Best Ways to Manage Large Volumes of Documents in Salesforce How to Overcome Storage Limitations How to Enhance File Management Experience How to Access Files Easily Join us at 3:30 PM AEST or 11:00 AM EDT at your convenience by registering here. Hope to see you in the webinar! AMARLAL
Top 7 Factors That Differentiate XfilesPro From Other File Management Solutions for Salesforce
Last Updated: September 22, 2023 If you are a Salesforce customer, you might know that dealing with a large number of files within the app is always troublesome considering the platform limitations. Being the #1 CRM provider in the world, Salesforce powers organizations to boost their sales, marketing & customer service processes. However, it can’t be considered as an advanced document management system because the platform doesn’t include this in its core capabilities. The presence of multiple IT systems and, the trend of adopting different cloud platforms for running a business while using Salesforce as the centralized CRM means, files will be generated from different sources & ultimately get stored within the Salesforce app. Now with the limited file storage space that Salesforce offers, it becomes extremely challenging to maintain all the documents in one place with easy access, collaboration, and sharing. This is why the need for a powerful document management system becomes essential to drive higher business efficiency & harbor customer success. And XfilesPro masters the art of document management in Salesforce. What is XfilesPro? XfilesPro is an enterprise-grade file management application for Salesforce. Available on the AppExchange, this 5-star rated application offers seamless integration between Salesforce & other external file systems such as SharePoint, Amazon S3, OneDrive, Google Drive, and On-prem. XfilesPro customers easily move Salesforce files to their external storage without losing access to their Salesforce files. This ensures Salesforce org never runs out of its file storage limits while customers can save high storage costs. Along with this, XfilesPro also offers multiple additional features to improve the Salesforce CRM experience while managing documents efficiently. Salesforce compatibility is one of the best functionalities of XfilesPro as it can be used for all types of major Salesforce apps including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Industry Cloud, Platform Apps, AppExchange Applications, Salesforce1 mobile, etc. Objectives to use XfilesPro XfilesPro is being used by Salesforce customers to meet certain key file management objectives. Some of them are; Better Storage Optimization: With external storage integration, customers can optimize their Salesforce file storage. This will help them to always be within the allocated file storage limits and prevent paying additional storage upgrade costs. Enhanced File Collaboration: With XfilesPro, users can seamlessly collaborate on files with different internal & external users. This includes file sharing, view, access, edit, and much more. To maintain security standards, access control features are in place. Centralized Content Management System: Customers use XfilesPro to build a highly centralized content or document management system that can bring documents from multiple Salesforce apps, or connected external platforms & keep them in one place for better business results. 7 Reasons to Choose XfilesPro Over Similar Salesforce File Management Applications While most of the file management applications for Salesforce offer similar kinds of features, there are certain aspects where XfilesPro has a distinctive edge over its competitors. Let’s have a sneak peek of 7 top reasons why Salesforce customers choose XfilesPro; Easy Setup & Quick Configuration Integrations are always complex & time-consuming. While most of the file management applications are complicated to set up & use, XfilesPro comes with a super easy setup & configuration process. You can start moving your Salesforce files to external systems within minutes. Connect with us to set up the app & start a free trial. Highly Reliable XfilesPro is a 9+ years old product with a track record of delivering excellent customer service. With over 100+ reviews on the AppExchange, the application is rated as a 5-star. On the other hand, we are known as one of the most trusted Salesforce partners & currently serve 1000+ global customers. Read what customers say about XfilesPro. Aligned with the Salesforce Ecosystem As a product, XfilesPro is completely aligned with the Salesforce ecosystem & it’s future. As mentioned earlier in the blog, XfilesPro supports all major Salesforce apps, AppExchange apps, force.com apps, and Salesforce1 mobile. Large Volume File Migration One of the most unique capabilities of XfilesPro is that the application can migrate a large number of files from Salesforce & offload it to the external storage system. The process is easy, automated, and highly reliable. This will help customers optimize their file storage space immediately. A customer can use this feature as many times as they want. Bi-directional Syncing of Files Files moved from Salesforce to the external storage are synced from both sides. So a user having access to both applications can view, access, edit, and share files from either end. If a file is being edited from one side, the changes will automatically reflect in the other app as well. Another benefit of this feature is that non-Salesforce users can upload files to the external system, and Salesforce users can view it within their app. Folder Structure & Syncing The beauty of XfilesPro is that it offers not one, but two folder design options. Users can keep migrated Salesforce files within specific folders in their external system. Folder structure either can follow a template offered by XfilesPro, or customers can build custom folders. For customers moving to Salesforce from a legacy system, their existing files/folders can be synced to their new Salesforce app using XfilesPro. Community User File Migration XfilesPro supports Experience Cloud. Files getting uploaded from community users can be moved automatically to the external storage without any manual intervention. So, there you have it! These conclude some of the most prominent differences between XfilesPro & other file management solutions in the market. We hope that this detailed comparison we provided helps you make a well-informed decision for your organization in terms of choosing an efficient & cost-effective file management solution. In case you still have any doubts about XfilesPro or want to know more about its integration & external collaboration capabilities, get in touch with our experts & get all your doubts cleared. You can also schedule a quick demo to understand the features of the application better. AMARLAL
