Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps Developer (MB-500) Exam Blueprint

Differentiate between the cloud and on-premises versions of finance and operations apps; Extend the functionality of finance and operations apps into the Microsoft ecosystem; Implement application lifecycle management (ALM); Manage environments by using Lifecycle Services tools and components; Research and resolve issues by using Issue Search; Perform activities that require asset libraries; Manage package deployments between environments; Manage Unified Developer Experience (UDE) developer environments in Power Platform admin center; Manage environments by using the Implementation portal

Create and manage extension models; Manage metadata by 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, review, and check in code; Maintain project artifacts; Branch and merge code; Compare code and resolve version conflicts; Choose a version control system; Implement continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)

Create and extend forms; Create and extend menus and menu items; Create and use label files

Create and extend tables; Create and extend views, queries, and maps; Create and extend data entities

Create and extend classes; 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; Develop object-oriented code; Implement variable scoping; Implement inheritance and abstraction concept; Implement query objects and the QueryBuilder class; Implement attribute classes; Implement Chain of Command (CoC); Assess the extensibility of code and avoid breaking changes; 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 tests by 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; Differentiate among reporting datastores; Design, create, and revise Dynamics 365 reports; Determine when to use a specific reporting tool or platform; Create, modify, and deploy 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; Design, create, and revise Dynamics 365 workspaces; Design and implement key performance indicators (KPIs); Create drill-through workspace elements; Implement Power BI visualizations

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; Implement 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, including entity sequencing and recurring data jobs; Generate and modify field mapping between source, staging, and target; Integrate with Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft 365, and Azure; 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 Power Platform with finance and operations apps; Integrate finance and operations apps with Microsoft Excel by using OData; Implement business events; Implement Azure Key Vault

Create and extend duties and roles; Create privileges and add permissions; Enforce security policies; Implement Extensible Data Security (XDS) policies

Apply caching mechanisms for tables and forms; Implement global cache and singleton; Create and modify temporary tables for optimization purposes; Assess when to use set-based queries or row-based queries; Modify queries to optimize performance; Modify variable scope to optimize performance; Analyze and optimize concurrency; Optimize performance; Capture traces, and analyze traces by using Trace Parser; Optimize performance for data entities, data source queries, batch processes, and reports; Implement Async and Sandbox frameworks; Create and modify indexes for tables and views