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# Resources for Named Credentials

Learn about considerations, troubleshooting tips, and more so that named credentials work the way you intend.

### 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: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: all editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

- **[Considerations for Named Credentials](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.nc_considerations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Keep these considerations in mind when configuring or working with named credentials.
- **[Troubleshooting for Named Credentials](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.nc_troubleshoot.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Review the potential causes and troubleshooting steps for common issues that you can encounter when you set up or use named credentials.
- **[Understand the Authentication Status for External Credentials](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.nc_understand_configuration_status.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    The Authentication Status field tells you when you’ve completed all of the required steps to configure an external credential. If your external credential shows a Not Configured status, there’s more work to do before you can use your external credential to make authenticated callouts with a named credential. Learn how to reach a Configured status for each authentication protocol.
- **[Permission Concepts for User External Credentials](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.nc_user_external_credentials_permissions.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    As a Salesforce admin, you must pay careful attention to security and permissions settings in your org. We recommend that you limit data access to the lowest level possible, while still allowing everyone to do their jobs. This strategy is known as the principle of least privilege. Whether you enable user external credentials via permission sets or profiles, follow this guidance to grant the appropriate access for each authentication protocol.
- **[Understand Legacy Named Credentials](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.named_credentials_legacy_about.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    A legacy named credential specifies the URL of a callout endpoint and its required authentication parameters in one definition. Legacy named credentials are deprecated and are unsupported in future releases.

#### See Also

- [Named Credentials](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.named_credentials_about.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Intended to secure and simplify authenticated API callouts to external systems, a named credential specifies the URL of a callout endpoint and its required authentication parameters in one definition. To streamline your Apex code and simplify the setup of authenticated callouts, specify a named credential as the callout endpoint.")
- [Create Named Credentials and External Credentials](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.nc_named_creds_and_ext_creds.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "To simplify the setup of authenticated callouts, create an external credential to specify an authentication protocol and then specify a named credential as the callout endpoint. Add custom headers to cover more use cases and security requirements. Use a permission set or profile to grant access so that users can make authenticated callouts. You can create and configure named credentials programmatically or through the Salesforce UI.")