MB-820T00-A: Dynamics 365 Business Central Developer

Develop apps, modify modules, integrate with other applications, troubleshoot issues, and optimize performance as a Dynamics 365 Business Central developer.

Microsoft Instructor-led Training

Course Description

A Dynamics 365 Business Central developer develops apps that extend Business Central. This can include creating new modules and modifying existing modules. The developer can add new business logic or change existing business logic by using events. A developer also makes it possible to integrate Business Central with other applications, including Microsoft Power Platform products.

Business Central developers are responsible for troubleshooting and debugging issues in the system. This may involve identifying the root cause of a problem, fixing bugs, and testing the solution to ensure it works as expected. Business Central developers may be required to optimize the performance of the system by identifying bottlenecks and improving code quality. Business Central developers are responsible for upgrading the system, migrating data, and maintaining the system to ensure it remains up to date and secure.

About this Course

Skills at a glance

  • Describe Business Central (10–15%)

  • Install, develop, and deploy for Business Central (10–15%)

  • Develop by using AL objects (35–40%)

  • Develop by using AL (15–20%)

  • Work with development tools (10–15%)

  • Integrate Business Central with other applications (10–15%)

Describe Business Central (10–15%)

Describe the Business Central architecture

  • Describe the components and capabilities of Business Central

  • Describe the core solution and extensions approach for Business Central

  • Describe the update lifecycle for customizations of Business Central

  • Differentiate Business Central Online and Business Central on-premises features

Describe Business Central apps

  • Differentiate between the base app and the system app

  • Describe the functionality of apps

  • Describe the process of bringing an app to AppSource

Install, develop, and deploy for Business Central (10–15%)

Install and configure a Business Central development environment

  • Describe the development environment for Business Central

  • Install and configure the development environment

  • Manage JSON configuration files

  • Manage multiple AL extensions in one workspace

Create, debug, and deploy an extension in Business Central

  • Debug an extension with Visual Studio Code

  • Deploy an extension

  • Create or modify a Business Central extension in Visual Studio Code

  • Manage multilanguage development

  • Maintain extensions

Develop by using AL objects (35–40%)

Build and extend tables and pages in Business Central

  • Develop Role Center pages

  • Identify different page types

  • Build and extend page objects

  • Build and extend tables

  • Build and extend enums

Build and extend reports

  • Substitute a report

  • Create a report layout

  • Create document reports

  • Design the data model of a report

  • Implement multilanguage in reports

  • Use report triggers, functions, and processing-only reports

  • Develop the report request page

Design and create an XMLport

  • Configure different XMLport properties

  • Define nodes and their properties

  • Use XMLports in AL code

Develop codeunits

  • Create and access codeunits

  • Use events and triggers

  • Implement interfaces

  • Create installation and upgrade codeunits

Work with entitlement and permission set objects

  • Create and extend permission sets

  • Override entitlements with inherent permissions

  • Troubleshoot permission sets

Create queries in Business Central

  • Link and join data items

  • Apply filters in query objects

  • Use queries instead of record variables

  • Aggregate data in query objects

  • Use a query to create a report

Develop by using AL (15–20%)

Customize the UI experience and implement onboarding techniques

  • Create profiles in AL

  • Use and create views in AL

  • Develop the UI by using the user assistance model

  • Integrate assisted setup

  • Create teaching tips and in-app tours to onboard users

  • Create an onboarding checklist

Describe the essential development standards

  • Implement the data process model in Business Central

  • Define the different functional table types and characteristics

  • Use document standards in Business Central

  • Implement master data standards and design patterns

Use AL to extend Business Central

  • Create custom procedures

  • Differentiate data types

  • Manage files

  • Manipulate data by using code

  • Describe the basics of the AL

  • Use the different types of expressions

  • Work with AL built-in functions and AL statements

  • Work with variables and define them in AL code

  • Manage errors

  • Use access modifiers to limit access

Work with development tools (10–15%)

Implement semi-automated test processes and run standard Business Central tests

  • Test applications in Business Central

  • Install and run the Test Toolkit

  • Develop test codeunits and procedures

Manage and analyze telemetry

  • Monitor and analyze telemetry

  • Configure telemetry

  • Create custom telemetry signals

Integrate Business Central with other applications (10–15%)

Access Representational State Transfer (REST) services from within Business Central

  • Use the different HTTP classes and their functions

  • Get data from and send data to an external REST service

  • Use and read JSON

Implement APIs

  • Create and work with APIs

  • Manage UI interaction when working with web services

  • Use Read-Scale Out to improve performance

5 Days

Intermediate

Dynamics 365

  • Business Analyst
  • Business Owner
  • Business User
  • Developer
  • Solution Architect
  • Support Engineer
  • Technology Manager

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