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Release 23 of 68 · October 2011 · API 23.0

Salesforce Winter ’12 release notes

Permission sets and Database.com go live

Open Winter ’12 in 3DSalesforce’s release notes (PDF)
Winter ’04: 74 notesSpring ’04: 91 notesSummer ’04: 75 notesWinter ’05: 117 notesSummer ’05: 138 notesWinter ’06: 170 notesSummer ’06: 76 notesWinter ’07: 276 notesSpring ’07: 105 notesSummer ’07: 217 notesWinter ’08: 130 notesSpring ’08: 106 notesSummer ’08: 159 notesWinter ’09: 162 notesSpring ’09: 57 notesSummer ’09: 55 notesWinter ’10: 107 notesSpring ’10: 135 notesSummer ’10: 90 notesWinter ’11: 112 notesSpring ’11: 59 notesSummer ’11: 44 notesWinter ’12: 101 notesSpring ’12: 145 notesSummer ’12: 91 notesWinter ’13: 220 notesSpring ’13: 136 notesSummer ’13: 278 notesWinter ’14: 353 notesSpring ’14: 339 notesSummer ’14: 288 notesWinter ’15: 276 notesSpring ’15: 325 notesSummer ’15: 341 notesWinter ’16: 470 notesSpring ’16: 512 notesSummer ’16: 510 notesWinter ’17: 561 notesSpring ’17: 559 notesSummer ’17: 630 notesWinter ’18: 582 notesSpring ’18: 566 notesSummer ’18: 600 notesWinter ’19: 551 notesSpring ’19: 539 notesSummer ’19: 607 notesWinter ’20: 649 notesSpring ’20: 619 notesSummer ’20: 632 notesWinter ’21: 643 notesSpring ’21: 621 notesSummer ’21: 633 notesWinter ’22: 696 notesSpring ’22: 677 notesSummer ’22: 743 notesWinter ’23: 840 notesSpring ’23: 806 notesSummer ’23: 902 notesWinter ’24: 868 notesSpring ’24: 969 notesSummer ’24: 1,070 notesWinter ’25: 1,107 notesSpring ’25: 1,191 notesSummer ’25: 1,230 notesWinter ’26: 1,456 notesSpring ’26: 1,498 notesSummer ’26: 1,879 notesWinter ’27: 1,277 notes
Documented changes
101
57 more than Summer ’11
AI-related
0
0% of the release
In beta or pilot
16
Retirements
0

What it brought

Permission sets arrived in Winter '12, letting admins extend permissions to individual users on top of a profile, with up to 1,000 per org and support in packages and change sets. Database.com became generally available as a standalone multitenant cloud database for apps written in any language. The Force.com Developer Console shipped as GA, with a beta Java SDK alongside, and Jigsaw was renamed Data.com. Admins also got a new Setup experience and the Mobile Dashboards iPad app. Visual Workflow's cloud-based Flow Designer, which replaces the desktop tool, was in beta, and the Streaming API was a pilot.

Access model change
Permission sets on top of profiles
New standalone product
Database.com generally available
Developer tooling GA
Force.com Developer Console
Flow moves to the browser
Cloud-based Flow Designer, beta
Renamed
Jigsaw becomes Data.com

By capability

  • Collaboration23
  • Security & Identity19
  • Sales11
  • Infrastructure & Ops7
  • Developer7
  • Automation7
  • APIs & Integration5
  • Data5
  • Customization4
  • UX & Mobile4
  • Analytics4
  • Service3
  • Other2

By product

  • Platform25
  • Chatter & Collaboration15
  • Security & Identity13
  • Sales Cloud12
  • Data Cloud / Data 3608
  • Experience Cloud7
  • Service Cloud5
  • Integration & APIs5
  • Salesforce Overall4
  • Mobile4
  • Analytics3

Capabilities and change types are Jev’s categories; products come from Salesforce’s own headings. How the notes were categorized

Every note in Winter ’12

By product, in the order of the PDF. Each title links to its page in Salesforce’s release notes.

Sales Cloud12
Service Cloud5
Experience Cloud7
Chatter & Collaboration15
Mobile4
Analytics3
Data Cloud / Data 3608
Platform25
Integration & APIs5
Security & Identity13
Salesforce Overall4