Definition
In Salesforce Environment Hub, the primary production Salesforce org from which other connected orgs (sandboxes, developer orgs, trial orgs) are created and managed.
Real-World Example
At their company, a platform engineer at NovaScale leverages Home Organization to enhance the organization's Salesforce footprint with additional functionality. By leveraging Home Organization, the team avoids building a custom solution from scratch, saving months of development time while gaining enterprise-grade features out of the box.
Why Home Organization Matters
In Salesforce Environment Hub, the Home Organization is the primary production Salesforce org from which other connected orgs (sandboxes, developer orgs, trial orgs) are created and managed. The Hub itself runs in this Home Organization, providing centralized administration of all related orgs. Admins log into the Home Organization to access the Environment Hub and from there can create new orgs or access existing connected ones.
Designating the Home Organization is part of setting up Environment Hub. Most organizations make their main production org the Home Organization because that's where the licensing and administrative roots typically live. ISV partners might use a dedicated org as their Home Organization for managing partner test environments. Once configured, the Home Organization is the central control point for all the related orgs registered in the Hub, simplifying multi-org management for teams that work across many environments.
How Organizations Use Home Organization
- •Skyline Consulting — Uses their main production Salesforce org as the Home Organization in Environment Hub, with all client and project orgs registered for centralized access.
- •TerraForm Tech — Designated their production org as Home Organization so the Environment Hub administration aligns with their main org's user base.
- •Quantum Labs — Uses a dedicated DE org as their ISV Home Organization for managing partner test environments separately from any client work.