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Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Developer Associate

Implement and extend finance and operation apps in Microsoft Dynamics 365.

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Overview

As a candidate for this certification, you’re a developer who works with finance and operations apps in Microsoft Dynamics 365 to implement and extend applications that meet the requirements of a business. You provide fully realized solutions by using:

  • Standardized application coding patterns
  • Extensible features
  • External integrations

As a candidate for this certification, you do the following:

  • Develop business logic by using X++.
  • Create and modify finance and operations app reports and workspaces.
  • Customize the UI.
  • Provide endpoints and APIs to support Microsoft Power Platform apps and external systems.
  • Perform testing.
  • Monitor performance.
  • Analyze and manipulate data.
  • Manage implementations by using application lifecycle management (ALM).

You also create technical designs and implementation details, and implement permission policies and security requirements.

You should have a deep knowledge and experience using the underlying framework, data structures, and objects associated with the finance and operations solutions.

You should have experience with products and services that include Microsoft Visual Studio, Azure, Dataverse, Power Platform Admin Center, Power Apps, Power Automate, Azure DevOps, Lifecycle Services tools, Postman, GitHub, Microsoft 365, reporting tools (for example, SQL Server Reporting Services [SSRS], Power BI), and SQL Server Management Studio.

Important

The English language version of this certification will be updated on December 18, 2024. Review the study guide linked in the Certification resources section for details about upcoming changes.

Skills measured

  • Plan architecture and solution design
  • Apply developer tools
  • Design and develop AOT elements
  • Develop and test code
  • Implement reporting
  • Integrate and manage data solutions
  • Implement security and optimize performance

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Exam policy

This exam will be proctored, and is not open book. You may have interactive components to complete as part of this exam. To learn more about exam duration and experience, visit: Exam duration and exam experience.

If you fail a certification exam, don’t worry. You can retake it 24 hours after the first attempt. For subsequent retakes, the amount of time varies. For full details, visit: Exam retake policy.

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This exam is offered in the following languages:

English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), German, French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Italian

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Certification resources

Exam MB-500 study guide

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