MB-500: Microsoft Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Developer

• Plan the architecture and solution design (5–10%)

• Apply developer tools (10–15%)

• Design and develop AOT elements (15–20%)

• Develop and test code (15–20%)

• Implement reporting (10–15%)

• Integrate and manage data solutions (15–20%)

• Implement security and optimize performance (10–15%)

• Differentiate between the cloud and on-premises versions of finance and operations apps

• Reference the key models of the application stack

• Manage environments by using Lifecycle Services tools and components

• Research and resolve issues by using Issue Search

• Perform activities that require asset libraries

• Prepare deployment packages and deploy packages between environments

• Manage the code upgrade process from previous versions

• Create and manage extension models

• Design and build projects

• Manage metadata using Application Explorer

• Synchronize data dictionary changes with the application database

• Create elements by using element designers

• Perform debugging activities

• Create, check out, and check in code and artifacts and review code

• Branch and merge code

• Compare code and resolve version conflicts

• Choose a version control system

• Implement continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)

• Add a new form to a project and apply a pattern

• Configure a data source for the form

• Add a grid and grid fields, groups, and other controls to a form

• Create and extend menus and menu items

• Add a form extension to a project for selected standard forms

• Create and use label files

• Create and extend tables

• Add table fields and field properties to a table

• Add field groups, relations, delete actions, methods, and indices

• Create and extend views, queries, and maps

• Create and extend data entities

• Create a new class or class extension and add new methods

• Add event handler methods to a class

• Add attributes or modifiers to a class

• Implement common structured programming constructs of X++

• Create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) data

• Implement global functions in X++

• Resolve best practice warnings

• Implement X++ variable scoping

• Implement inheritance and abstraction concept

• Implement query objects and the QueryBuilder class

• Implement attribute classes

• Implement Chain of Command (CoC)

• Implement event handler classes and delegates

• Implement the SysOperation framework

• Implement the workflow framework

• Implement the SysExtensionSerializer framework

• Create unit testing using the SysTest framework and Task recorder

• Run unit tests in Test Explorer

• Create and modify report data sources and supporting classes

• Implement reporting security requirements

• Deploy or publish reports

• Differentiate between using Entity store and Bring your own database (BYOD) or Azure Data Lake as reporting data stores

• Determine when to use a specific reporting tool or platform

• Create and modify reports in finance and operations apps by using SSRS

• Create and modify finance and operations apps reports by using Power BI

• Create and modify finance and operations apps reports by using Microsoft Excel

• Create and modify finance and operations apps reports by using Electronic Reporting (ER)

• Design and implement key performance indicators (KPIs)

• Create drill-through workspace elements

• Implement built-in charts, Power BI embedded visualizations, aggregate measurements, aggregate dimensions, and other reporting components

• Contrast data integration patterns

• Select an appropriate data integration API

• Differentiate between synchronous and asynchronous patterns

• Consume external web services by using RESTful APIs and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)

• Implement electronic reporting integrations

• Implement custom services and Batch OData API

• Import and export data using entities between finance and operations apps and other systems

• Import and export data using composite and aggregate data entities

• Monitor the status and availability of entities

• Enable change tracking for entities

• Set up a data project and recurring data jobs

• Design entity sequencing

• Generate and modify field mapping between source, staging, and target

• Develop data transformations

• Integrate Power Automate and Power Apps with finance and operations apps

• Integrate Microsoft Dataverse with finance and operations apps by using dual-write

• Integrate Microsoft Dataverse with finance and operations apps by using virtual entities

• Integrate finance and operations apps with Microsoft Excel by using OData

• Implement business events

• Implement Azure Key Vault

• Create or modify duties, privileges, permissions, and roles

• Enforce permissions policies

• Implement Extensible Data Security (XDS) policies

• Enforce Microsoft Entra ID authentication

• Apply caching mechanisms for forms and tables

• Implement the global cache and singleton

• Create or modify temporary tables for optimization purposes

• Assess when to use set-based queries and row-based queries

• Modify queries to optimize performance

• Modify variable scope to optimize performance

• Analyze and optimize concurrency

• Capture traces by using TraceParser and analyze traces

• Optimize performance for data entities, data source queries, batch processes, and reports

• Implement the Async and Sandbox frameworks

• Create or modify indexes for tables and views

5 Days

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Intermediate

Dynamics 365

Developer