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# It may be cold outside, but Spring is upon us!
[Release Time!](https://purplenerd.com/blog/tag/release-time) [new release](https://purplenerd.com/blog/tag/new-release) [Spring '11](https://purplenerd.com/blog/tag/spring-11) [Salesforce](https://purplenerd.com/blog/tag/salesforce)
 [Becka](https://purplenerd.com/blog/author/sfdcnerd)
[](https://sites.secure.force.com/ideaexchange//apex/ideaList?c=09a30000000D9xt&sort=popular&status=Coming%20in%20the%20Next%20Release)
On Monday, a lot of us admins found an early Christmas present (or late Channukah one) in our in-box from Salesforce - the notification about the Spring '11 Sandbox Preview. (Details [here](https://sites.secure.force.com/ideaexchange/ideaView?c=09a30000000D9xo&id=08730000000KHqR) if you want to read up.)
And 'sandbox' really is the perfect word, but for the days & weeks following the availability of the new features, all of us super-fans will be playing away to our hearts' content. Playing in a Sandbox environment is a great way to wrap your head around what's going to be a value-add for your organization, and what bits are superfluous.
While my favorite part, the release notes, are still MIA (if you find them, share them please), you can get a sense of some things that are coming by taking a peek at the [IdeaExchange](https://sites.secure.force.com/ideaexchange//apex/ideaList?c=09a30000000D9xt&sort=popular&status=Coming%20in%20the%20Next%20Release). Some of the things I'm looking forward to are some [minor tweaks](https://sites.secure.force.com/ideaexchange/ideaView?c=09a30000000D9xt&id=08730000000J80q&returnUrl=%2Fapex%2FideaList%3Fc%3D09a30000000D9xt%26sort%3Dpopular%26status%3DComing%2Bin%2Bthe%2BNext%2BRelease) to the Report Builder that will make adding filters easier, changes to Chatter that make the user experience a bit more similar to Facebook ([notification count](https://sites.secure.force.com/ideaexchange/ideaView?c=09a30000000D9xt&id=087300000007eg0&returnUrl=%2Fapex%2FideaList%3Fc%3D09a30000000D9xt%26sort%3Dpopular%26status%3DComing%2Bin%2Bthe%2BNext%2BRelease) & a ["Like" button](https://sites.secure.force.com/ideaexchange/ideaView?c=09a30000000D9xt&id=087300000007akG&returnUrl=%2Fapex%2FideaList%3Fc%3D09a30000000D9xt%26sort%3Dpopular%26status%3DComing%2Bin%2Bthe%2BNext%2BRelease)) & an[RSS feed](https://sites.secure.force.com/ideaexchange/ideaView?c=09a30000000D9xt&id=08730000000BpF4&returnUrl=%2Fapex%2FideaList%3Fc%3D09a30000000D9xt%26sort%3Dpopular%26status%3DComing%2Bin%2Bthe%2BNext%2BRelease) for trust.salesforce.com.
You can expect a deep-dive into the new features once I get a chance to play!
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