{"id":2920,"date":"2022-03-23T10:50:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T10:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coacto.co.uk\/pre-prod-sandbox\/?p=2920"},"modified":"2022-03-23T10:50:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T10:50:50","slug":"cotswolds-community-admins-to-architects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coacto.co.uk\/pre-prod-sandbox\/cotswolds-community-admins-to-architects\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotswolds Salesforce Community Group: Admins to Architects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was great to catch up with the Salesforce community on Thursday 24th February 2022 at the Cotswolds Community Group. 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