Partner Development & Test Environments
As a Force.com ISV or Consulting Partner, you are entitled to a variety of environments (see An Introduction to Environments for more) to develop, test and demo your Force.com app. Our goal is to provide Force.com Partners with the necessary tools for success. With these differing editions, you can now:
- Build a Force.com application using a Single or Multi-Org Development Strategy
- Perform Robust Testing against various Sandbox and Production Editions
- Provide your Sales Team with adequate orgs for customer demonstrations
Please review the table below for details of these FREE offerings.
| Individual Developer Edition | Partner Developer Edition (Super-sized DE org) | Partner Test Environment (Enterprise/Platform Edition) | Partner Test Environment (Professional Edition) | Partner Test Environment (Group Edition) | Partner Test Environment (Non-Profit Edition) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Initial Development / Prototyping | Master Development Org Repository / Robust Testing | Production and Sandbox Testing / Customer Demonstrations | Robust PE Testing | Robust GE Testing | Test against Non-Profit Edition |
| Supports Managed Beta Testing | Yes | No | ||||
| Price | FREE for Force.com ISV or Consulting Partners! | |||||
| Sign-up | Developer Force | Partner Portal | ||||
| Default Users | 2-User DE | 20-User DE | 25-User EE | 10-User PE | 5-User GE | 20-User EE |
| Salesforce Platform licenses (Force.com Edition) | 3 | 20 | 20¹ | Not Available | ||
| Partner Portal licenses | 5 | 20 | 20² | Not Available | ||
| Customer Portal licenses | 10 | 20 | 20 | Not Available | ||
| Salesforce Content licenses | Not Available | Not Available | 35 | 10 | Not Available | 20 |
| High Volume Customer Portal licenses | Not Available | 20 | Not Available | |||
| Authenticated Website User licenses | Not Available | 20 | Not Available | |||
| Salesforce Mobile licenses | 2 | 20 | 30 | 10 | Not Available | 20 |
| Sandbox orgs | Not Available | Not Available | 3 | Not Available | ||
| Storage | 2O MB | 250 MB | 1GB³ | |||
| API Call Limit (per 24 hours) | 5,000 | 10,000 | Up to 25,000⁴ | Up to 10,000⁴ | Not Available | 5,000 |
| Expires | Never | Renewed Annually with Security Review | ||||
| Upgrade | Not Possible | Contact AppExchange Support | ||||
1 Includes 20 Salesforce Platform, Salesforce Platform One and Salesforce Platform Light licenses
2 Includes 10 Gold Partner, Silver Partner and Customer Portal Manager licenses
3 Review the Online Help for details on Storage allocation
4 Requires all the Default Users to be active
How to Sign-up?
Sign-up is a snap! If you're looking for a new Developer Edition, you can get that for free when you join Developer Force here: http://developer.force.com/join
For the the remaining environments, all are available through the Partner Portal.
Sign-up through the Partner Portal is completely automated, just follow these simple steps:
- Log into the Partner Portal here with your portal username and password. (If you do not already have a portal user, you can request one at the preceeding link.)
- Navigate to the Create Demo and Test Org tab
- Select your desired Edition
- Complete the required fields and accept the Master Agreement
- Submit and you will receive an email shortly with login instructions
FAQ
How do I become a Force.com ISV Partner?
Visit http://developer.force.com/isv for more details.
How many orgs can I sign-up for?
All of them and multiple times if needed. We want to be sure you have the necessary tools to succeed. You may want to have a separate test/demo environment for your Developers vs. QA vs. Sales
How long will these orgs last?
Developer Edition organizations continue to be available as long as these organizations have some type of activity within the previous six months. Partner Developer Edition, Enterprise/Platform Edition and Professional Edition will last for 1 year. However, they can be renewed during your annual security review.
Can I use the Enterprise/Platform Edition or Professional Edition org as my company production org?
NO! These orgs are for developing, testing and demonstrating your Force.com app. Signing-up requires your acceptance of our agreement, which outlines these orgs are NOT for production use.
Can I upgrade my existing DE org to Partner Developer Edition?
No, Partner Developer Edition is a brand new 20-user DE org. If you want to migrate your work from DE to Partner Developer Edition, you will need to use the Force.com IDE or Packaging.
I have created a Managed Package and I want to test my Beta version, but I don't have sandbox, where can I test this?
You have 3 options:
- Enterprise/Platform Edition - This edition contains 3 Sandbox orgs that can be used to test Beta Managed Packages.
- Partner Developer Edition - This large DE org is another great option, because Beta Managed Packages traditionally can be installed and tested in Sandbox and/or DE orgs
- Professional Edition - Finally, this enhanced PE org will allow the installation of Beta Managed Packages, so you can ensure your released Managed Package app will work against PE
I'm looking for a certain feature that needs enabling, what do I do?
If you need a feature enabled, please log a case in the Partner Portal and select the category and reason show here.
