Read about the first ever Salesforce partner summit in Chicago prior to the start of Midwest Dreamin'. It was was put on by the awesome ISV Enablement team and AppExchange team. Also get a recap on Midwest Dreamin' 2018 from a "newbie" perspective.

This year at TrailheaDX, I had the privilege to sit on a panel with two other Salesforce partners to share our knowledge and insights about the AppExchange partnership program. The panel called Demystifying the AppExchange: Insider Tips for Success, also included me, J.J. Jakubik, Chief Architect at Vlocity and Dory Weiss, VP of Engineering at nCino.

Being a consultant is hard. You are constantly working and juggling deliverables on multiple projects while getting interrupted all the time. You have told us that your normal workday includes estimating level of effort; getting stuff done; generating status reports; and writing code all while farming prospects. Oof! Just writing all that makes me tired. If this is what a life of a consultant is about, I can understand why you want more automation as well as more streamlined and less manual processes.

The latest release of Snapshot (2.0) is designed to help you do more, do less and do nothing. Let me explain:

I've started traveling the country talking to Salesforce Developers and User Groups. Salesforce is in an interesting transition from great product to full-fledged Enterprise Platform. This is a great opportunity for ISV's and Salesforce Administrators alike to build some insanely great new applications that leverage these new capabilities. Everybody is curious about the role of Salesforce DX, and how we used Salesforce DX to supercharge Snapshot 2.0 Change and Release Management.

Welcome to Snapshot 2.0. It is the same name but _everything_ has changed. For starters, it is a ground-up rewrite. Honestly, that was the easiest way to bring in all the changes and additions that we were dreaming about for a while now. Hold on to your britches, here is a gist of all the changes:

Speed
DXCode Repository Integrations
Visuals
Comparisons
Deployments
Reports
Workflow Scheduler