expert strategies for migrating your legacy customer or
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Expert Strategies for Migrating Your Legacy Customer or Partner Portal to Salesforce Communities
Kevin Dwyer
Senior Principal Success Specialist
Community Cloud Tech Lounge
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Agenda
Community Cloud Overview
Getting Started
Portal Assessment
Community Setup
Community Management
Next Steps
Q&A
Community Cloud Overview
SocialCommunities
+ + =
Websites Portals
Get customized
branding and a
responsive mobile UI.
Expose business
data to customers
and partners.
Connect directly
to other customers
and experts.
Community Cloud combines the best of three worlds
Community Cloud Overview
1. Business Integration
2. Social Feed
3. Branding / Customization
4. Mobile
5. Social Intelligence
6. Templates
7. Extendability and Flexibility
8. Unified Platform
9. Moderation
10. Management
Top 10 Features
Getting Started
Getting Started
Step 1: Move current portal features and capabilities to Communities
Step 2: Begin to take advantage of Community Cloud features for future releases
Develop Strategy
Resource Links:Trailhead Module: Community Rollout Strategy
Lessons Learned: Manage Scope, start small move portal features first. Iterate, provide meaningful value in each phase Ensure alignment of IT and the Business Explain benefits Communicate and manage expectations
Portal
Community
Plan Build Manage
Community Setup
• Enable & Create a Community
• Add Tabs
• Add Branding
• Login & Registration
• Emails
• Pages
• Add Members
• Preferences
Community Management
• Communicate to portal users
• Train internal users (important if running parallel environments)
• Point Users to Your New Community URL
Portal Assessment
• Licenses
• Profiles
• Objects & Tabs
• Pages
• Authentication
• Branding
Communication PlanProject Plan Rollout Strategy
Getting StartedPlanning Your Move to Communities
Portal Assessment
Portal Assessment
Licenses
Profiles
Objects & Tabs
Visualforce Pages
Authentication
Branding
Checklist
Licenses
Profiles
Objects & Tabs
Visualforce Pages
Authentication
Branding
Portal Assessment
Licenses
DecisionCommunity Action
Resource
Current Portal Licenses
Continue using existing
portal licenses for
Community
No Action Migration Guide
Communities User
Licenses
Salesforce Community Licenses (Blog)
Community User Licenses & Entitlements
Move to Community
Licenses (Not
Recommended)
Map your portal
license to the
appropriate
community license
Review the
migration guide for
next step
Portal Assessment
Licenses
TIP: Customers who own legacy portal licenses can continue to renew those licenses and purchase new units of those licenses, or they may purchase new communities licenses.
Portal License Communities License
High Volume Portal User
Authenticated WebsiteCustomer Community
Customer Portal Enterprise
Administration
Customer Portal Manager Standard
Customer Portal Manager Custom
Customer Community Plus
Gold Partner Partner Community
Licenses
Profiles
Objects & Tabs
Visualforce Pages
Authentication
Branding
Portal Assessment
Profiles
Decision Community Action Resource
Profiles
Continue using
existing portal
licenses with portal
profiles for
Community
No Action Migration Guide
Who can seewhat in Communities
Set the Org-Wide Sharing Defaults for
Creating User Sharing RulesUser Sharing
Move to Community
Licenses (Not
Recommended)
Create Community Profiles to
match your existing portal
profiles
Review the migration guide
for next step
Portal Assessment
Licenses & Profiles
We recommend using the portal users existing license & profile and assign to the new Community.
Portal users can then access both the portal and the community during the transition.
You can roll out your new Community in phases and add member profiles as needed.
Lauren Boyle
Portal
Community
Licenses
Profiles
Objects & Tabs
Visualforce Pages
Authentication
Branding
Portal Assessment
Objects & Tabs
Community Action Resource
Objects & Tabs
In Community Management
select the tabs to include in the
community
Add Tabs to your
community
From Setup, enter All Communities in the Quick Find box, then select All Communities
and click the Manage link next to a community. To access this page, you need the
Create and Set Up Communities permission.
Licenses
Profiles
Objects & Tabs
Visualforce Pages
Authentication
Branding
Portal Assessment
Visualforce Pages
Action Community Action Resource
Visualforce Pages
Assumption:
Remaining on
Visualforce +
Tabs Community
(Phase 1)
If you have Visualforce or
Apex pages that you want to
use in your community,
make sure the paths are
updated with the correct
URL
for the community.
Ensure that you added for
VF pages to any new
Community Profiles
Migration Guide
Any hardcoded link or existing portal id in your pages will need to be updated
Licenses
Profiles
Objects & Tabs
Visualforce Pages
Authentication
Branding
Portal Assessment
Authentication
Action Community Action Resource
Authentication
Allow Self-
Registration in
your
Community?
In the Registration section,
select “Allow external users
to self-register.” For
complete instructions see
Getting Started With
CommunitiesMigration Guide
Getting Started
with Communities
Configuring a
Custom Domain
for your
Community
Directing your
users to
Community
Login Page
Implement a simple
javascript redirect on the
onload () event in the login
page header.
OR
Insert an HTML message in
the login page with a
redirect to the new login
page.
Assumption: Remaining on Visualforce + Tabs Community (Phase 1)
Licenses
Profiles
Objects & Tabs
Visualforce Pages
Authentication
Branding
Portal Assessment
Branding
Community Action Resource
Branding
Gather your branding assets
Logo
Header & Footer
Color Scheme
Migration Guide
Getting Started with
Communities
Brand Your Community
Assumption: Remaining on Visualforce + Tabs Community (Phase 1)
Community Setup
After you finish your
customizations, activate
the community to make it
available to members. If
welcome emails are
enabled when you
activate, a welcome email
is sent to all members. If
any of those users are
new users, their welcome
email includes their
username and password.
Community Setup
Enable & Create a Community
Add Tabs
Add Branding
Add Members
Settings & Preferences• Login & Registration
• Update Emails Templates
• Pages – Home and VF
• Preferences Settings
Checklist
Customize your Community
Community Setup
Create a Community
Lessons Learned: First Step is getting to Communities!
Resource Links:
Getting Started with Communities
In the new Community (Community Management)
Select the available tabs available in your Community
Community Setup
Add Tabs
Resource Links:Add Tabs to your Community
In the new Community (Community Management)
Select the available Profiles available in your Community
Community Setup
Add Members
Resource Links:Community User LicensesSalesforce Community Licenses (Blog)
Lesson Learned: Avoid the license swap!
In the new Community (Community Management)
Add your Header, Footer, and Color Scheme
Update your Community Home on the Pages Tab
Community Setup
Branding
Resource Links:Brand Your Community
Use a Custom Community Home Page
Community Management
Community ManagerTraining &
Communication Change Management
Establish the correct training approach
Define role-based and process-centric training content
Support end-users with effective communication of changes & iterations
Develop a clear governance & support model
Ensure an ongoing data quality strategy
Communicate changes and develop a feedback process
Assign a Community Manager
Create a shared value statement for the community
Measure usage, KPIs and customer/partner satisfaction to ensure results
Change Management PlanCommunity Management Plan Rollout Strategy
Community Management
Next StepsOver a thousand portal customers moved to Communities already
Define your migration strategy
“As-is” or relaunch, business goals, re-branding, etc…
Preserve your portal investment
Use your portal licenses; no change to users, profiles, security, workflows setup
Migration Resources
Migration doc, Success group, Accelerator, Trailheads
Community Cloud Getting Started Page
Community Cloud Getting Started
https://sfdc.co/CC_Services
Targeted resources to help you get started:
Set UpGet Communities up and running
Learn About Community CloudBecome familiar with community uses and features
Create and SucceedBuild your first Lightning Community with our pre-defined templates
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Q&A
Define Plan Build Manage Measure
Accelerator Art of the PossibleCommunity
Planning
Community
Quickstart
Community
Management
Community
Measurement
Deliverables
• Review of community uses
• Customer success stories
• Getting started resource
guide
• Rollout strategy outline
• Key considerations
• Capability Assessment
• Change Management
• Resources Needed
• Getting started build plan
• Proof of Concept
configuration walkthrough
• Community Builder tutorial
• Trial Community
• Adoption Strategy Outline
• Engagement Guide
• Community Management
Best Practices
• Community Lightning
Dashboards and Reports
Setup, Configuration, &
Best Practice Tutorials
• GA Q2 2017
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Portal to Community Assessment
Templates Tabs + Visualforce
User Permissions Communities User Licenses Communities User Licenses
ObjectsObjects Supported in the Napili
TemplateStandard Objects
FeaturesCompare Features Available in
the Community Templates
Compare Features Available in
the Community Templates
BrandingBrand Your Community with
Community BuilderBrand Your Community
Mobile Preview Your Community with
Community Builder
Access to Communities Using
Salesforce1
Salesforce1: Limits and
Differences
Salesforce Mobile SDK
Community Setup
Visibility & Access
Portal User Visibility - Allows a user to see users in the
same account, even if the external user sharing is set
to private
Community User Visibility - Allows user to see users in
common communities even if external user sharing is
set to private
Resource Links:Determine User Visibility in Communities Controlling Who Community Users Can SeeSet the Org-Wide Sharing Defaults for User RecordsCreating User Sharing RulesUser Sharing