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

Prepare to pass Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Developer Associate Certification Exam

MB-500: Microsoft Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Developer​
Instructor-led Training

Course Description

In this course we discuss the tasks needed to fulfill the role of developer in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps. The Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations apps developer is a key technical resource that implements and extends the application to meet the requirements of the business.

Audience Profile
Microsoft Dynamics 365 finance and operations apps developers

About this Course

Skills at a glance

  • 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%)

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

Plan for the major components of finance and operations apps

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

  • Reference the key models of the application stack

Implement application lifecycle management (ALM) and Lifecycle Services

  • 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

Apply developer tools (10–15%)

Customize finance and operations apps by using Visual Studio

  • 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

Manage source code and artifacts by using Microsoft Azure DevOps version control

  • 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)

Design and develop AOT elements (15–20%)

Create and extend UI elements

  • 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 the data model

  • 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 classes and extend AOT elements

  • 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

Develop and test code (15–20%)

Develop X++ code

  • Implement common structured programming constructs of X++

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

  • Implement global functions in X++

  • Resolve best practice warnings

Develop object-oriented code

  • 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 finance and operations app framework functionality

  • Implement the SysOperation framework

  • Implement the workflow framework

  • Implement the SysExtensionSerializer framework

Perform testing

  • Create unit testing using the SysTest framework and Task recorder

  • Run unit tests in Test Explorer

Implement reporting (10–15%)

Select reporting tools in finance and operations apps

  • 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

Design, create, and revise Dynamics 365 reports

  • 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, create, and revise Dynamics 365 workspaces

  • 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

Integrate and manage data solutions (15–20%)

Evaluate data integration patterns and scenarios

  • Contrast data integration patterns

  • Select an appropriate data integration API

  • Differentiate between synchronous and asynchronous patterns

Implement data integration concepts and solutions

  • 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

Implement data management

  • 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 with Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft 365, and Azure

  • 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

Implement security and optimize performance (10–15%)

Implement security policies and requirements

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

  • Enforce permissions policies

  • Implement Extensible Data Security (XDS) policies

  • Enforce Microsoft Entra ID authentication

Apply fundamental performance optimization techniques

  • 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

Optimize performance

  • 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

Intermediate

Dynamics 365

Developer

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