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
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
Apply developer tools (5–10%)
Customize finance and operations apps by using Visual Studio
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)
Design and develop AOT elements (15–20%)
Create and extend UI elements
Create and extend forms
Create and extend menus and menu items
Create and use label files
Create and extend the data model
Create and extend tables
Create and extend views, queries, and maps
Create and extend data entities
Create classes and extend AOT elements
Create and extend classes
Add event handler methods to a class
Add attributes or modifiers to a class
Develop and test code (20–25%)
Develop X++ code
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
Implement reporting (10–15%)
Select reporting tools in finance and operations apps
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
Integrate and manage data solutions (15–20%)
Evaluate data integration patterns and scenarios
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
Implement security and optimize performance (10–15%)
Implement security policies and requirements
Create and extend duties and roles
Create privileges and add permissions
Enforce security policies
Implement Extensible Data Security (XDS) policies
Apply fundamental performance optimization techniques
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
