Salesforce is Point & Click

A permission set is a collection of settings and permissions that give users access to various tools and functions. Permission sets extend users’ functional access without changing their profiles. Reference: Salesforce   We need to remember what a Salesforce Profile is and always keep in mind this: extends users' functional access without changing their profiles . That is key: I need these types of users to do something else, then I might create a new Permission Set for that function (like for instance, including a permission set to force Multi-Factor Authentication or to "make" a user a Knowledge Base Reader). ... then use permission sets to grant more permissions as needed ... In the  Salesforce Profile  article, I proposed a solution based on the Minimum Access - Salesforce profile for the Hiring Application introduced in the Data Security Trailhead Module. These were the Permission Sets proposed: Position - CREx Position - xRxx (No min/max pay) ...

Salesforce is on the path to removing or reducing the need for Profiles. They are almost there ... Since 1999 the Profile has been the king when settings and permissions are needed. In 2011, the Permission Set was introduced with strong recommendations as a good practice and in the hope that it would help reduce the huge number of profiles per org. In 2019, Permission Set Groups were introduced, not only to group Permission Sets but to relate to functional roles (what was a proposed idea with Permission Sets, is now a point & click configuration). In 2020, the Minimum Access - Salesforce profile was introduced ( Summer'20 ), and in less ...