Quick, secure access to multiple Salesforce user accounts using the Environment Switcher. Learn the step-by-step flow, features, and security best practices for admins and users.
Overview
The Salesforce Environment Switcher lets a single verified email access multiple Salesforce user accounts and orgs from one central dashboard. This simplifies workflows for admins, consultants, and power users who need to jump between different environments (for example: Dev, QA, Sandbox, and Production) without juggling separate logins.
Step-by-step: Accessing Multiple User Accounts
Follow these steps to use the Environment Switcher:
- Visit the login page: Go to https://welcome.salesforce.com/ and choose the “Log In with Email” option.
- Log in with your email: Enter the email address associated with one or more Salesforce accounts and submit.
- Verify your identity: Salesforce will send a verification code to your email. Copy and paste the code into the verification field to confirm ownership. This two-step verification protects account access.
- Open the Environment Switcher dashboard: After verification you’ll see tiles representing the Salesforce orgs linked to your email (for example: “CRM Corp Sales”, “CRM Corp Marketing”).
- Select the account tile: Click the tile for the org or user account you want to enter. Follow any additional prompts (password entry or external identity provider authentication) as required by your org’s admin settings.
Key Features
- Search box: Quickly find an environment by typing the org name or username.
- Customizable tiles: Edit the display name (derived from the Salesforce Organization Name) to make tiles easier to identify.
Security Considerations
Security is central to the Environment Switcher flow:
- Verification codes are emailed to the account owner — only users with access to that email can proceed.
- This verification acts as a second factor, reducing the risk of unauthorized access between orgs tied to the same email address.
Best Practices
- Use a secure, monitored email address for all Salesforce accounts to ensure recovery and multi-org access control.
- Coordinate with org admins to confirm any extra authentication (SSO or IP restrictions) before switching environments.
- Use descriptive custom tile names so you avoid accidental changes in production orgs.
Conclusion
The Environment Switcher makes it faster and safer to move between multiple Salesforce accounts associated with a single email. For admins and consultants managing multiple orgs, it reduces friction and improves productivity while retaining strong verification-based security.
Why this matters: For Salesforce admins, developers, and business users, the Environment Switcher streamlines access management — reducing time lost to repeated logins and lowering the risk of credential sprawl.