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description: Using Connection Finder, you can find out which business partners use Salesforce. Then, you can invite them to connect with you to share data using Salesforce to Salesforce. From the Connections tab, you can manage your Salesforce to Salesforce connections and connection templates.
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# Connect with Your Business Partners using Salesforce to Salesforce

Using Connection Finder, you can find out which business partners use Salesforce. Then, you can invite them to connect with you to share data using Salesforce to Salesforce. From the Connections tab, you can manage your Salesforce to Salesforce connections and connection templates.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Group</strong>, <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, and <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

![Important](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-sales-sales_productivity-264-0-0-production-enus/b2f6c36a-fa61-4a3c-9752-032ce1818a69/images/icon_important.png)

Important Salesforce to Salesforce is scheduled for retirement as of Spring ’27. See [Salesforce to Salesforce Retirement](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=005103355&type=1&language=en_US).

- **[Enable Connection Finder](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.partner_survey_about.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Connection Finder lets you connect with businesses that use Salesforce so you can share data with them. From Salesforce to Salesforce Connection Finder in Setup, you can enable it.
- **[Find Out if Your Businesses Partners Use Salesforce](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.partner_survey_ask.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    With Salesforce to Salesforce, businesses that use Salesforce can share records and get updated data. After you enable and configure Salesforce to Salesforce, you can email your business partners a survey that asks if they use Salesforce. Survey responses are recorded in contact and account records. Then, using Salesforce to Salesforce, you can easily connect with organizations that use Salesforce and begin sharing data.
- **[Invite Business Partners to Connect using Salesforce to Salesforce](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.business_network_send_invitation.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Before you can start sharing data with your business partners, you need to set up a connection to them using Salesforce to Salesforce. To create that connection, you need to invite your business partner.
- **[Accept an Invitation for Salesforce to Salesforce](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.business_network_accept_invitation.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    If a business partner sent you an invitation to connect using Salesforce to Salesforce, you can accept or reject that invitation by following these steps.
- **[Create and Apply Connection Templates](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.business_network_templates_editing.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Connection templates let you define objects and fields that can be published to connected organizations. To make publishing easier, assign connection templates to your connections by going to the Connections tab and then the Templates sub-tab. When a connection template is applied to a connection, the object and field rules are applied to that connection.
- **[Manage Salesforce to Salesforce Connections](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.business_network_connections_edit.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    From the Connections tab, you can manage your Salesforce to Salesforce connections and connection templates. Connections include everyone that you have invited, whether they have accepted, declined, or have not yet responded, as well as all the invitations you have received. Recent connections are automatically displayed on the Connections sub-tab.

#### See Also

- [Set Up Salesforce to Salesforce](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sales.business_network_setup.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "To set up Salesforce to Salesforce, you enable and configure it, connect to other Salesforce organizations, and start sharing data.")