Which of the following reflects the correct order of the Data Cloud Setup process flow?

• A. Configure Admin user, provision and complete Data Cloud setup, configure additional users & permissions, and connect to relevant Salesforce Clouds
• B. Connect to relevant Salesforce Clouds, provision and complete Data Cloud setup, configure Admin user, and configure additional users and permissions
• C. Provision and complete Data Cloud setup, connect to relevant Salesforce Clouds, and configure Admin user
• D. Configure additional users and permissions, configure Admin user, provision and complete Data Cloud setup, and Connect to relevant Salesforce Clouds

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is that setup tasks have a natural order driven by prerequisites and access control: you need an admin to own and drive the process, you must provision and finish configuring the Data Cloud to have a usable environment, you then assign access to others, and only after that connect to the Salesforce Clouds to enable integrations. Starting with configuring the admin user ensures you have the authority to perform the subsequent steps. Provisioning and completing the Data Cloud setup initializes the workspace, features, and connections you’ll rely on. Once the environment is ready, you can safely configure additional users and their permissions to grant appropriate access. Finally, connecting to the relevant Salesforce Clouds ties the configured Data Cloud into the wider Salesforce ecosystem. Other sequences would try to connect or grant access before the environment or admin are established, which isn’t feasible.