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Difficulty: EasySalesforce Outlook and Gmail Integration with Email Templates

A company's sales representatives use the Salesforce Integration with Gmail to communicate with customers. The system administrator needs to enable representatives to use and create shared Lightning Email Templates directly from the Gmail integration panel. Which TWO actions should the administrator take to fulfill this requirement?

  1. Enable Enhanced Email in Salesforce Setup so emails saved from Gmail relate to records as standard Email Message records.Answer
  2. Assign a permission set containing the 'Create Lightning Email Templates' permission to the sales representatives.Answer
  3. C
    Create and assign a new custom profile to the sales representatives to grant additive template management permissions.
  4. D
    Change the Organization-Wide Default (OWD) for Activity to Private to allow public folder sharing for email templates.
  5. E
    Deactivate the representatives' user accounts and recreate them with an integration profile.

Answer

The administrator should enable Enhanced Email in Salesforce Setup and assign a permission set containing the 'Create Lightning Email Templates' permission to the sales representatives.
Enabling Enhanced Email ensures logged emails become standard Email Message records, allowing seamless template integration. Assigning a permission set with the 'Create Lightning Email Templates' system permission allows reps to create and manage shared templates while adhering to baseline profile security.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Enable Enhanced Email in Setup
Emails logged from Gmail are saved as standard Email Message records in Salesforce.
Enhanced Email is required for full compatibility with Lightning Email Templates and activity features.
2
Create and assign a Permission Set with 'Create Lightning Email Templates'
Sales representatives gain the ability to create and share Lightning email templates.
Salesforce best practice dictates using permission sets for additive user capabilities rather than creating additional profiles.

Key Concept

Configuring Gmail Integration and permissions for Lightning Email Templates
Estimated Time:1m 0s
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