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Purpose of this document
This study guide should help you understand what to expect on the exam and includes a summary of the topics the exam might cover and links to additional resources. The information and materials in this document should help you focus your studies as you prepare for the exam.
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Our exams are updated periodically to reflect skills that are required to perform a role. We have included two versions of the Skills Measured objectives depending on when you are taking the exam.
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The bullets that follow each of the skills measured are intended to illustrate how we are assessing that skill. Related topics may be covered in the exam.
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Most questions cover features that are general availability (GA). The exam may contain questions on Preview features if those features are commonly used.
Skills measured as of March 19, 2025
Audience profile
Candidates for this exam are Microsoft Dynamics 365 professionals who advise stakeholders and translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and reliable solutions.
Candidates should have knowledge of the Dynamics 365 ecosystem and Microsoft Power Platform. They must have deep understanding of Dynamics 365 apps and copilots and AI used in Dynamics 365 apps. In addition, they must have extensive domain knowledge in one or more industry verticals. This role requires understanding how decisions affect the overall solution.
Skills at a glance
Architect solutions (20–25%)
Define solution strategies (40–45%)
Manage implementations (15–20%)
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 data migration requirements and expected data migration volumes
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 and business process catalog
Evaluate whether to build versus buy for gap business requirements
Identify solution components including other Microsoft and independent software vendor (ISV) technologies based on customer requirements
Describe the Success by Design framework
Create overall solution architecture diagrams
Describe and document the solution blueprint
Review an organization including company information, locations, and organizational hierarchy in Dynamics 365
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 strategy
Define solution strategies (40–45%)
Select a deployment strategy
Review a process to manage solution code and deployment
Select a deployment model and identify instances and environments required for the selected deployment model
Plan the One Version strategy and release process for service updates
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, historical, and master 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
Review security design and performance implications of record-level security in Dynamics 365
Review security design and license implications of custom and standard role-based security in Dynamics 365
Identify use cases for segregation of duties
Define the integration architecture
Select an integration pattern including OData, Microsoft Power Platform, Batch Data API, custom services, external web services, office integrations, business events, Synapse Link, and dual-write with Microsoft Dynamics 365 apps
Identify required integration and interface details
Design integrations
Define an integration testing strategy
Define error handling and troubleshooting strategy for integrations
Define use cases for integration requirements with Microsoft Power Platform and Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations
Define the business intelligence and reporting architecture
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 (15–20%)
Manage interactions with FastTrack
Identify the requirements for FastTrack eligibility
Identify FastTrack engagement types and personnel roles
Describe typical types of FastTrack workshops and the inputs for each workshop across the phases
Describe go-live checklist elements
Utilize Dynamics 365 Implementation Portal
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 Power Platform Admin Center 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, Leapworks, 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
Study resources
We recommend that you train and get hands-on experience before you take the exam. We offer self-study options and classroom training as well as links to documentation, community sites, and videos.
| Study resources | Links to learning and documentation |
|---|---|
| Get trained | Choose from self-paced learning paths and modules or take an instructor-led course |
| Find documentation | Dynamics 365 documentation and learning modules Finance home page |
| Ask a question | Microsoft Q&A | Microsoft Docs |
| Get community support | Microsoft Dynamics Community |
| Follow Microsoft Learn | Microsoft Learn - Microsoft Tech Community |
| Find a video | Exam Readiness Zone |
Change log
The table below summarizes the changes between the current and previous version of the skills measured. The functional groups are in bold typeface followed by the objectives within each group. The table is a comparison between the previous and current version of the exam skills measured and the third column describes the extent of the changes.
| Skill area prior to March 19, 2025 | Skill area as of March 19, 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Audience profile | No change | |
| Architect solutions | Architect solutions | No % change |
| Define the solution architecture | Define the solution architecture | Minor |
| Define solution strategies | Define solution strategies | No % change |
| Define the security architecture | Define the security architecture | Minor |