Salesforce instances and PODs

In this section of the chapter, you will discover the fascinating world of Salesforce PODs. But what is a POD? The acronym POD stands for Point of Deployment, which may sound a bit enigmatic. To better understand this, let’s start with something you may have heard of – the word “instance.” Salesforce PODs are a different name for Salesforce instances. Instances or PODs are the places where your Salesforce data is located. It is a server location where your Salesforce org is hosted and from where it operates. Does the instance equal the org? No! On the Salesforce instance, there can be multiple Salesforce orgs allocated. Of course, each Salesforce org is separated and secured, so you can’t access the information of orgs that you don’t have access to. However, orgs from different companies are located in the same instance. As you may already know, Salesforce has thousands of customers, so you may now be wondering...