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MB-500 Microsoft Dynamics Materials
| Udemy | Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Developer |
| Coursera | Introduction to Microsoft Dynamics 365 |
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
Deployment options – Finance & Operations
Comparison of cloud and on-premises features – Finance & Operations
On-premises deployment overview – Finance & Operations
Explore the ecosystem and main components of finance and operations apps – Training
Extend the functionality of finance and operations apps into the Microsoft ecosystem
Microsoft Power Platform integration with finance and operations apps – Finance & Operations
Overview of unified admin experience for finance and operations apps – Power Platform
Implement application lifecycle management (ALM)
Manage environments by using Lifecycle Services tools and components
Cloud operations and servicing – Finance & Operations
Deploy and access development environments – Finance & Operations
Deploy a new environment – Finance & Operations
Research and resolve issues by using Issue Search
Issue search in Lifecycle Services – Finance & Operations
Cloud operations and servicing – Finance & Operations
Perform activities that require asset libraries
Asset library in Lifecycle Services – Finance & Operations
Apply the latest platform update to environments – Finance & Operations
Manage package deployments between environments
Apply updates to cloud environments – Finance & Operations
Deploy assets by using Azure Pipelines – Finance & Operations
Manage Unified Developer Experience (UDE) developer environments in Power Platform admin center
TechTalk: Unified developer experience for Dynamics 365
Frequently asked questions – Power Platform (UDE)
Overview of unified admin experience for finance and operations apps – Power Platform
Manage environments by using the Implementation portal
Overview of unified admin experience for finance and operations apps – Power Platform
Cloud operations and servicing – Finance & Operations
Apply developer tools (5–10%)
Customize finance and operations apps by using Visual Studio
Create and manage extension models
Models and packages – Finance & Operations
Customize through extension and overlayering – Finance & Operations
Create models and data model elements overview – Finance & Operations
Manage metadata by using Application Explorer
Development tools in Visual Studio – Finance & Operations
Version control, metadata search, and navigation – Finance & Operations
Start developing for finance and operations apps by using Visual Studio – Training
Synchronize data dictionary changes with the application database
Build operations – Finance & Operations
Start developing for finance and operations apps by using Visual Studio – Training
Create elements by using element designers
Development tools tutorial – Finance & Operations
Create models and data model elements overview – Finance & Operations
Perform debugging activities
Development tools in Visual Studio – Finance & Operations
Debug X++ code – Finance & Operations
Manage source code and artifacts by using Microsoft Azure DevOps version control
Create, check out, review, and check in code
Version control, metadata search, and navigation – Finance & Operations
Branch strategically – Azure Repos
Maintain project artifacts
Version control, metadata search, and navigation – Finance & Operations
Asset library in Lifecycle Services – Finance & Operations
Branch and merge code
Branching overview – Finance & Operations
Version Control – Branching strategies with TFVC – Azure Repos
Compare code and resolve version conflicts
Branching overview – Finance & Operations
Version control, metadata search, and navigation – Finance & Operations
Choose a version control system
Git and TFVC version control – Azure Repos
Branching overview – Finance & Operations
Implement continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)
Build automation that uses Microsoft-hosted agents and Azure Pipelines – Finance & Operations
Deploy assets by using Azure Pipelines – Finance & Operations
Extend Dynamics 365 finance and operations apps
Design and develop AOT elements (15–20%)
Create and extend UI elements
Create and extend forms
Customize through extension and overlayering – Finance & Operations
Modify the properties of form controls through extension – Finance & Operations
Add data sources to forms through extension – Finance & Operations
Extend Elements in Finance and Operations apps – Training
Create and extend menus and menu items
Build navigation – Finance & Operations
Customize through extension and overlayering – Finance & Operations
Create and use label files
Customize model elements through extension – Finance & Operations
Label Files – Finance & Operations
Create and extend the data model
Create and extend tables
Customize through extension and overlayering – Finance & Operations
Add methods to tables through extension – Finance & Operations
Customize model elements through extension – Finance & Operations
Create and extend views, queries, and maps
Customize through extension and overlayering – Finance & Operations
Table map extension – Finance & Operations
Extend table maps that are used as interfaces – Finance & Operations
Create and extend data entities
Data entities overview – Finance & Operations
Build and consume data entities – Finance & Operations
Create classes and extend AOT elements
Create and extend classes
Class extension model in X++ – Finance & Operations
Classes and methods – Finance & Operations
Class extension – Method wrapping and Chain of Command – Finance & Operations
Add event handler methods to a class
Customize model elements through extension – Finance & Operations
Add methods to tables through extension – Finance & Operations
Extend Elements in Finance and Operations apps – Training
Add attributes or modifiers to a class
X++ attribute classes – Finance & Operations
Attributes that make methods extensible – Finance & Operations
X++ inheritance – Finance & Operations
Develop and test code (20–25%)
Develop X++ code
Implement common structured programming constructs of X++
X++ language reference – Finance & Operations
Get Started with Development using X++ in Finance and Operations apps – Training
X++ syntax – Finance & Operations
Create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) data
Get Started with Development using X++ in Finance and Operations apps – Training
X++ variables and data types – Finance & Operations
Implement global functions in X++
Get Started with Development using X++ in Finance and Operations apps – Training
X++ compile-time functions – Finance & Operations
Resolve best practice warnings
Write best practice rules – Finance & Operations
Explore the test framework and tools in finance and operations apps – Training
Develop object-oriented code
Implement variable scoping
X++ variables and data types – Finance & Operations
Classes and methods – Finance & Operations
Implement inheritance and abstraction concept
X++ inheritance – Finance & Operations
Classes and methods – Finance & Operations
Implement query objects and the QueryBuilder class
Query Class – Finance & Operations
X++ class library – Finance & Operations
Implement attribute classes
X++ attribute classes – Finance & Operations
Attributes that make methods extensible – Finance & Operations
Implement Chain of Command (CoC)
Class extension – Method wrapping and Chain of Command – Finance & Operations
Class extension model in X++ – Finance & Operations
Assess the extensibility of code and avoid breaking changes
Write extensible classes – Finance & Operations
Customize through extension and overlayering – Finance & Operations
Implement event handler classes and delegates
Events and delegates – Finance & Operations
Solve dependencies among models by using delegates during code migration – Finance & Operations
Implement finance and operations app framework functionality
Implement the SysOperation framework
SysOperation Framework Overview
Real async feature enhancements – Finance & Operations
Implement the workflow framework
Workflow system overview – Finance & Operations
Workflow system architecture – Finance & Operations
Create a workflow – Finance & Operations
Implement the SysExtensionSerializer framework
Write extensible classes – Finance & Operations
Extensibility changes in Finance and Operations, Enterprise edition 7.3 – Finance & Operations
Perform testing
Create unit tests by using the SysTest framework and Task recorder
Testing and validations – Finance & Operations
Test projects in Visual Studio – Finance & Operations
Explore the test framework and tools in finance and operations apps – Training
Run unit tests in Test Explorer
Test projects in Visual Studio – Finance & Operations
SysTest filtering using class and method attributes – Finance & Operations
Implement reporting (10–15%)
Select reporting tools in finance and operations apps
Create and modify report data sources and supporting classes
Expand Application Suite report data sets – Finance & Operations
Create reporting solutions – Finance & Operations
Document Reporting Services – Finance & Operations
Implement reporting security requirements
Out-of-box security reports – Finance & Operations
Reporting and analytics with Power BI home page – Finance & Operations
Differentiate among reporting datastores
Information access and reporting – Finance & Operations
Reporting and analytics with Power BI home page – Finance & Operations
Design, create, and revise Dynamics 365 reports
Determine when to use a specific reporting tool or platform
Information access and reporting – Finance & Operations
Reporting and analytics with Power BI home page – Finance & Operations
Create, modify, and deploy reports in finance and operations apps by using SSRS
Create reporting solutions – Finance & Operations
Document Reporting Services – Finance & Operations
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports that are available – Finance & Operations
Create and modify finance and operations apps reports by using Power BI
Power BI Embedded integration – Finance & Operations
Reporting and analytics with Power BI home page – Finance & Operations
Create and modify finance and operations apps reports by using Microsoft Excel
Create reporting solutions – Finance & Operations
Open financial data in Excel from Finance and Operations apps
Create and modify finance and operations apps reports by using Electronic reporting
Design a new ER solution to print a custom report – Finance & Operations
Electronic reporting (ER) overview – Finance & Operations
Design, create, and revise Dynamics 365 workspaces
Design and implement key performance indicators (KPIs)
Analytical Workspaces (using Power BI Embedded) – Finance & Operations
Overview of visualizations in Power BI – Power BI
Create drill-through workspace elements
Power BI Embedded integration – Finance & Operations
Drillthrough in Power BI Reports – Power BI
Implement Power BI visualizations
Analytical Workspaces (using Power BI Embedded) – Finance & Operations
Power BI Embedded integration – Finance & Operations
Overview of visualizations in Power BI – Power BI
Integrate and manage data solutions (15–20%)
Evaluate data integration patterns and scenarios
Contrast data integration patterns
Integration between finance and operations apps and third-party services – Finance & Operations
TechTalk: Integration patterns for finance and operations apps
Choose the right pattern for your integration strategy – Dynamics 365
Select an appropriate data integration API
Identify data integration patterns and scenarios in finance and operations apps – Training
Service endpoints overview – Finance & Operations
Data management and integration by using data entities overview – Finance & Operations
Differentiate between synchronous and asynchronous patterns
Integration between finance and operations apps and third-party services – Finance & Operations
Explore data integration concepts in finance and operations apps – Training
Implement data integration concepts and solutions
Consume external web services by using RESTful APIs and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Custom service development – Finance & Operations
Open Data Protocol (OData) – Finance & Operations
Service endpoints overview – Finance & Operations
Implement Electronic reporting integrations
Electronic reporting (ER) overview – Finance & Operations
Create Electronic reporting (ER) configurations – Finance & Operations
Implement custom services
Custom service development – Finance & Operations
Integration between finance and operations apps and third-party services – Finance & Operations
Implement Batch OData API
Batch OData API – Finance & Operations
Open Data Protocol (OData) – Finance & Operations
Implement data management
Import and export data using entities between finance and operations apps and other systems
Data entities overview – Finance & Operations
Data management package REST API – Finance & Operations
Import and export data using composite and aggregate data entities
Work with asynchronous integrations in finance and operations apps – Training
Build and consume data entities – Finance & Operations
Monitor the status and availability of entities
Data entities overview – Finance & Operations
Data management package REST API – Finance & Operations
Enable change tracking for entities
Data management package REST API – Finance & Operations
Data entities overview – Finance & Operations
Set up a data project, including entity sequencing and recurring data jobs
Data management and integration by using data entities overview – Finance & Operations
Work with asynchronous integrations in finance and operations apps – Training
Generate and modify field mapping between source, staging, and target
Data management and integration by using data entities overview – Finance & Operations
Build and consume data entities – Finance & Operations
Integrate with Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft 365, and Azure
Integrate Microsoft Dataverse with finance and operations apps by using dual-write
Dual-write overview – Finance & Operations
Dual-write setup from Lifecycle Services – Finance & Operations
Integrate Microsoft Dataverse with finance and operations apps by using virtual entities
Virtual entities overview – Finance & Operations
Microsoft Power Platform integration with finance and operations apps – Finance & Operations
Integrate Power Platform with finance and operations apps
Microsoft Power Platform integration with finance and operations apps – Finance & Operations
Work with extensions for finance and operations apps and Microsoft Power Platform – Training
Integrate finance and operations apps with Microsoft Excel by using OData
Open Data Protocol (OData) – Finance & Operations
Open financial data in Excel from Finance and Operations apps
Implement business events
Business events overview – Finance & Operations
Business events and Azure Event Grid – Finance & Operations
Business events and Azure Service Bus – Finance & Operations
Implement Azure Key Vault
Set up the Azure Key Vault client – Dynamics 365 Finance
Business events and Azure Event Grid – Finance & Operations
Implement security and optimize performance (10–15%)
Implement security policies and requirements
Create and extend duties and roles
Role-based security – Finance & Operations
Security architecture – Finance & Operations
Implement Role-based Security in finance and operations apps – Training
Create privileges and add permissions
Role-based security – Finance & Operations
Security and data entities – Finance & Operations
Enforce security policies
Security capabilities for finance and operations apps
Implement Role-based Security in finance and operations apps – Training
Implement Extensible Data Security (XDS) policies
Extensible data security policies – Finance & Operations
Security architecture – Finance & Operations
Apply fundamental performance optimization techniques
Apply caching mechanisms for tables and forms
Single-record Caching – Dynamics AX
Set-based Caching – Dynamics AX
Tile and list caching for workspaces – Finance & Operations
Implement global cache and singleton
How to Use the SysGlobalObjectCache Class for Better Performance
X++ static class members – Finance & Operations
Create and modify temporary tables for optimization purposes
Get Started with Development using X++ in Finance and Operations apps – Training
Product-specific guidance for optimizing performance – Dynamics 365
Assess when to use set-based queries or row-based queries
Update data – Finance & Operations
Product-specific guidance for optimizing performance – Dynamics 365
Modify queries to optimize performance
Query cookbook – Finance & Operations
Tile and list caching for workspaces – Finance & Operations
Modify variable scope to optimize performance
X++ variables and data types – Finance & Operations
Get Started with Development using X++ in Finance and Operations apps – Training
Analyze and optimize concurrency
Query cookbook – Finance & Operations
Product-specific guidance for optimizing performance – Dynamics 365
Optimize performance
Capture traces, and analyze traces by using Trace Parser
Diagnose issues and analyze performance by using Trace parser – Finance & Operations
Diagnose issues and analyze performance using a trace parser with the unified developer experience
Optimize performance for data entities, data source queries, batch processes, and reports
Data entity export performance tips – Finance & Operations
Optimize data migration for finance and operations apps – Finance & Operations
Product-specific guidance for optimizing performance – Dynamics 365
Implement Async and Sandbox frameworks
Real async feature enhancements – Finance & Operations
SysOperation Framework Overview
Create and modify indexes for tables and views
Query cookbook – Finance & Operations
Data entity export performance tips – Finance & Operations
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