The Salesforce Summer ’25 Release has arrived, with the rollout for all organizations completed as of June 16th, 2025. This update brings enhancements and new features designed to significantly improve the experience for both system administrators and business users. The Salesforce platform continuously evolves, presenting new opportunities to optimize operations. In this article, we’ll explore some of the most impactful recent enhancements, specifically for system administrators and Nonprofit Cloud users. We’ve picked our 5 favorites, which include significant improvements to email flow automation and a more efficient debugging experience. These updates are designed to save time and effort, enabling a focus on strategic priorities.
Key Highlights for System Administrators
The latest Salesforce updates introduce a suite of features engineered to simplify administrative tasks. This section will explore how these enhancements directly benefit Administrators, from improving overall system management to streamlining complex processes.
Understanding these new features can empower the development of more robust and efficient Salesforce solutions.
1. Send Email Actions Update
Send Email Actions in Flow are now organized into sections – Receiver, Sender, and Email Content. There is a new WYSIWYG editor to use in constructing emails. Templates are now accessible from the editor. This is useful because they provide more control and flexibility in automating email notifications and communications directly within Salesforce, streamlining administrative tasks and improving user experience.
2. Enhanced Flow Debugging JSON
The Salesforce Flow debug user experience enhancements significantly improve troubleshooting efficiency for system administrators. The redesigned debug panel offers a more organized and readable interface, grouping critical details into digestible cards. You can now see the complete JSON field mapping in the details panel, which helps visualize the data being passed into a record. Features like a search bar, expandable panels, and one-click copy functionality accelerate error identification and resolution, empowering administrators to build and maintain robust Salesforce automations more effectively.
3. Get Related Records (Beta)
A new beta feature in Salesforce Flow enables the retrieval of related records using a single ‘Get Records’ element, replacing the need for multiple. This enhancement streamlines the development and optimization of complex Flows, improving processing efficiency and simplifying maintenance for system administrators.
4. Permission and Sharing Settings in Reports and Dashboards
This release covers crucial updates to Salesforce permissions, APIs, and security. Key enhancements include streamlined object permission management, allowing administrators to update all custom permission sets or profiles simultaneously and edit permissions faster within the summary. It also highlights improved visibility into user permission assignments, groups, and queues for easier debugging. Finally, it notes changes to automatic sharing rule recalculations and the retirement of older API versions.
5. Icon Availability for Choice Resources
Flow developers can now enhance user experience by incorporating SLDS icons into choice resources. This update allows for faster and more intuitive selection processes within Salesforce Flows.
Other Flow Updates That Caught Our Attention Include:
- Get More Control over Component and Field Layout in Screen Flows
- Customize the width of screen components and record fields. Tweak the vertical alignment of components and fields.
- See how your Screen Looks in Real Time on Different Screen Sizes
- Check how your screen appears on large, medium, or small devices with the Preview Size feature.
- Security, Identity, and Privacy
- Salesforce Shield is now available for Data Cloud.
Agentforce and Einstein Co-Pilot New Features
There have been significant advancements across Salesforce’s ecosystem, particularly benefiting Education and Fundraising agents. Key updates include deeper Tableau integration, promising enhanced data visualization and analytical capabilities. Furthermore, Agentforce is now leveraging Data Cloud, enabling more intelligent and data-driven automation for agents. The summary also notes that some advanced functionalities, potentially including the full scope of these integrations and AI features, may involve additional costs.
Experience Cloud Updates
Experience Cloud enhancements focus on improved record visibility and site performance. A new Record List component in Experience Builder allows LWR site visitors to view records more easily. Additionally, the Create Record Form, Record Banner, and Record Detail components for Aura sites have been upgraded to Lightning Web Components (LWC) technology, boosting accessibility and performance.
Education Cloud Updates
Salesforce for Education introduces key enhancements to streamline operations and enrich the experience for students and staff. Updates include a unified course registration system, new registrar tools for student holds, and the ability to assign specialized rubrics to application stages, allowing applicants to select preferred programs. Advisors can now track student campus involvement, while a new feature centralizes gift planning, reducing manual processes and scattered data for improved fundraising.
Key Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud Updates
Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud (NPC) delivers a suite of enhancements designed to optimize operational management. These updates specifically target key areas, including robust features for Volunteer Management, streamlined tools for Fundraising, improved capabilities for Program and Case Management, and new advancements within OmniScript. The aim is to empower nonprofits with more effective tools to manage their diverse operations.
1. Salesforce NPC for Fundraising Updates
Key advancements in Salesforce Fundraising include the introduction of a new Gift Entry Grid for faster single and batch gift processing, alongside crucial gift planning updates. Additionally, there are enhancements leveraging Agentforce for philanthropic engagement and research efforts, enabling more efficient management of philanthropic research data.
2. Salesforce NPC for Programs Updates
Enhancements to Salesforce’s Program and Case Management capabilities include directly logging benefits and tracking disbursements on program participant records, streamlining record-keeping, and saving time. OmniScripts gain increased flexibility, allowing for updates to related records, while organizations can now track referrals between internal programs to better understand resource allocation for clients. Additionally, the ability to create off-schedule and ad hoc benefit disbursements in bulk simplifies the tracking of all services and goods provided.
3. Agentforce Enhancements for Salesforce NPC for Grantmaking (Beta)
The Salesforce Summer ’25 Release introduces key beta features for grantmaking within the Nonprofit Cloud, leveraging Agentforce. These include Agentforce for Award Summaries and Agentforce for Board Grant Applications. These additions aim to streamline the grant lifecycle by automating aspects of award documentation and application processes, ultimately enhancing efficiency for grantmakers.
4. Volunteer Management is Now Generally Available
The Volunteer Management data model is a new, significant feature that aims to streamline volunteer program administration, reduce effort, and enhance the volunteer experience. It enables organizations to efficiently manage volunteer initiatives, track hours, and report on key metrics. Furthermore, Experience Cloud users can now access the data model, empowering constituents to independently browse, search, and register for volunteer opportunities.
5. Industry Common Components
OmniStudio enhancements improve efficiency and broader deployment capabilities. Admins will benefit from faster development across all OmniStudio components with the new standard designer. Additionally, OmniScripts now offers expanded multi-channel support, with the ability to deploy to Lightning Web Runtime (LWR) sites for Experience Cloud, enabling more versatile and performant user experiences.
Conclusion
The Salesforce Summer ’25 Release, now fully rolled out, introduces significant improvements for both system administrators and Nonprofit Cloud users. Key updates like the enhanced control in Send Email Actions and the more efficient Flow debugging experience are designed to simplify automations. Permissions management also sees powerful new features, along with intuitive icon updates, all aimed at streamlining Salesforce administration. For Nonprofit Cloud users, the specific enhancements across Fundraising, Programs, Grantmaking, and Volunteer Management—including the new Volunteer Management data model—offer tools to optimize operations and improve mission impact. These new capabilities can help organizations save time and effort, allowing them to focus more on strategic objectives and how they utilize the Salesforce platform.
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