Steps

Follow the steps given below to create your Pardot account.

1. Sign Up for Pardot Org

Sign up on below link https://developer.salesforce.com/promotions/orgs/pardot-de. Once you fill the signup form, you will receive an email and you can set your password.

2. Install Package

3. Setup Pardot Business Unit

  • Go to Setup > Search for Account Engagement > Business Unit Setup > Give the Business Unit name and assign an Admin > Click on Save.
Pardot Business Unit Setup

4. Enable Pardot Lightning App in Marketing Setup

  • Click on the Gear icon in the top nav bar and select Marketing Setup.
  • In Marketing Setup, go to Setup Assistant > Beyond the Basics > Toggle on the Turn on Account Engagement Lightning App permission.
Toggle on the App

5. Assign Permission set

  • We can assign Permission Sets to our user like CRM, Sales etc. For now, we are assigning Sales Cloud User Permission set.
  • Go to Setup > User > Permission Set > Select Sales Cloud User.
Assign Permission Set to the user
  • Click on Manage Assignments > Click on Add Assignment > Select a User > Click on Next > Assign the user with a role.

6. Pardot managed connected App settings

  • Now go back to Setup by clicking on the Gear icon in the top nav bar.
  • Search for Manage Connected Apps > Click on Edit in b2bma_canvas and make sure it’s configured as shown below.
Pardot managed connected App settings in b2bma_canvas

7. Access your Pardot App

The Pardot App Setup is now complete and you can access it by login with Salesforce to the link below:

https://pi.demo.pardot.com/

You can learn about how to setup the OAuth app for Pardot here.

Congratulations!! You have now successfully setup a Pardot Business Unit in your Salesforce account.