MB-700T00-A: Microsoft Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect
Prepare to pass the MB-700: Microsoft Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect Certification Exam
Course Description
This course covers methods and practices for implementing and managing enterprise-scale data analytics solutions using Microsoft Fabric. Students will build on existing analytics experience and will learn how to use Microsoft Fabric components, including lakehouses, data warehouses, notebooks, dataflows, data pipelines, and semantic models, to create and deploy analytics assets. This course is best suited for those who have the PL-300 certification or similar expertise in using Power BI for data transformation, modeling, visualization, and sharing. Also, learners should have prior experience in building and deploying data analytics solutions at the enterprise level.
Audience Profile
The audience for this course should have previous experience with functional or technical focus in Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Applications. Primarily for those who are aspired to be solution architect role.
About this Course
Course Outline
Skills at a glance
Architect solutions (20–25%)
Define solution strategies (35–40%)
Manage implementations (20–25%)
Manage testing (10–15%)
Architect solutions (20–25%)
Gather requirements
Identify operational and organizational challenges that may affect a business
Identify existing business processes and opportunities to optimize business processes
Gather information about expected transaction volume
Categorize business requirements and perform gap fit analyses
Review and validate business requirements throughout the solution lifecycle
Define the solution architecture
Map business requirements to functional components
Evaluate whether to build versus buy for selected business requirements
Identify opportunities to implement supplemental Microsoft technologies
Use the appropriate implementation tools including Lifecycle Services (LCS) and Azure DevOps
Describe the Success by Design framework
Create solution architecture diagrams
Define and document the solution blueprint
Define an organization including company information, locations, and structure
Document the implementation timeline including roll-out strategies
Define the business process catalog and document solution gaps
Define instances, environments, and solution components
Identify required security roles
Define solution strategies (35–40%)
Select a deployment strategy
Develop a process to manage solution code and deployment
Select a deployment model and identify instances and environments required for the selected deployment model
Describe the One Version strategy for Dynamics 365 and the effects of One Version on solutions
Segment solution development and delivery into logical phases
Provide alternative methodologies and approaches for deploying modifications
Determine solution maintenance cadence and timelines
Identify upgrade scenarios and select appropriate tools
Define an application lifecycle management (ALM) strategy
Define a code management and data flow strategy
Define a Microsoft Power Platform solution management strategy
Determine which build automation capabilities to implement
Define a roll-back strategy for solution code and data
Determine a data management strategy
Differentiate between transactional and historical data
Define data quality and data validation process
Define data cleansing and transformation strategies
Define data dependencies
Develop a data migration strategy for master, transactional, reference, parameter, and document data entities
Develop data cut-over, verification and data retention plans
Define the security architecture
Differentiate between Azure, Dynamics 365, and infrastructure security
Describe Azure and infrastructure security-related elements
Describe use cases for and capabilities of record-level and role-based security in Dynamics 365
Define the integration architecture
Select an integration pattern including OData, Microsoft Power Platform integration, Batch Data API, customer service, external web services, and office integrations
Identify required integration and interface details
Design integrations
Define an integration testing strategy
Define the business intelligence and reporting architecture
Gather business intelligence and reporting requirements
Define data sources required to meet business intelligence and reporting requirements
Select appropriate business intelligence and reporting tools including Power BI, organizational workspaces, financial reports, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), and the Electronic Reporting tool
Define printing requirements including, Document Routing Agent (DRA), modern report design layout templates, check printing, and label printing
Manage implementations (20–25%)
Describe Lifecycle Services (LCS) tools
Understand the use cases and capabilities of different LCS tools
Understand the use cases and capabilities of Business Process Modeler (BPM)
Understand the use cases and capabilities of LCS Methodologies
Create a usage profile to describe current or projected usage
Manage interactions with FastTrack
Identify the value proposition for FastTrack
Identify FastTrack engagement types and personnel roles
Describe typical types of FastTrack workshops and the inputs for each workshop
Describe go-live checklist elements
Determine support options
Develop a support plan and strategy
Define post-go-live support plans including response times and service-level agreements (SLAs)
Describe use cases and capabilities for the LCS Support tool
Determine licensing requirements
Determine the types of licenses required
Estimate the number of licenses required by using the License Sizing estimator
Describe the process for estimating ongoing software licensing costs
Manage testing (10–15%)
Define a testing strategy
Define a testing strategy that includes all required types of testing
Define a regression testing strategy
Identify opportunities for automated testing
Review use cases and test coverage for business scenarios
Determine when to use RSAT, SysTest, Postman, ATL, Azure DevOps Test Plans, and other tools
Define a performance testing strategy
Define performance goals and requirements
Identify performance monitoring and testing tools
Define performance benchmarks and success criteria
Design a performance and load testing strategy
Troubleshoot performance issues
Duration
5 Days
Prerequisites
none
Level
Advanced
Product
Dynamics 365
Role
Solution Architect