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.

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

Course Description

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

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