Microsoft Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Developer (MB-500T00) Virtual Classroom Live November 02, 2026

Course Overview

1 - Explore the ecosystem and main components of finance and operations apps

Finance and operations apps and associated apps
Finance + Operations on-premises and cloud-based finance and operations apps
Development and deployment processes
The user interface
Reporting capabilities
Extend Copilot capabilities in finance and operations apps

2 - Explore the technical architecture of finance and operations apps

Differentiate cloud and on-premises architecture
Elements, models, and packages
Application components and architecture
Metadata management processes
Source control processes
Conform code to organization policies
Overview of Lifecycle Services
Manage developer environments for finance and operations apps
Extend the functionality of finance and operations apps into the Microsoft ecosystem

3 - Explore design and deployment considerations for finance and operations apps

Identify relevant business concepts
Evaluate functional specifications and create technical design documentation
Identify the technical gaps
Design patterns and practices for code deployments
The process for deploying code changes
Finance and operations apps frameworks

4 - Manage finance and operations apps implementations by using Lifecycle Services

Perform support tasks
Provision and manage environments
Manage asset libraries
Manage the code update process

5 - Work with performance and monitoring tools in finance and operations apps

Diagnose performance issues by using Trace parser
Load testing by using the Performance SDK
Monitor performance by using SQL Insights
Create a SQL trace by using the SQL Profiler
Monitor server health metrics in Lifecycle Services

6 - Manage source code by using version control in finance and operations apps

Configure Visual Studio to connect to Azure DevOps
Working in Visual Studio
Manage and perform code reviews

7 - Explore the test framework and tools in finance and operations apps

Unit test framework
Acceptance test library
Task recorder
Best Practices tool
Identify various categories and types of errors
Configure the testing environment and prepare data
Run unit tests
Document and fix issues
Perform debugging activities

8 - Explore reporting tools in finance and operations apps

Create and modify report data sources and supporting classes
Implement reporting security requirements
Publish a report

9 - Set up and work in the finance and operations apps developer environment

Access cloud-hosted development environments
On-premises architecture
Set up a VHD for first-time use
Set up and manage a downloadable VHD for development
Upgrade the VHD
Access and configure Visual Studio
Models and packages
Design and create models

10 - Start developing for finance and operations apps by using Visual Studio

Create and build projects
Create and use label files
Manage metadata by using the Application Explorer
Build deployment packages
Manage package deployments
Synchronize data changes with the database
Create new elements

11 - Build extended data types and enumerations for finance and operations apps

Extended data types and element properties
Base enums and element properties

12 - Build data models in finance and operations apps

Create tables and table fields
Populate table and field properties
Add fields, field groups, indexes, and relations
Table methods
Create, manage, and extend views
Create, manage, and extend queries
Create, manage, and extend table maps

13 - Build forms and optimize form performance in finance and operations apps

Add a new form to a project and apply a pattern
Add a data source to a form
Add grids, fields, and groups to a form
Form methods
Create, populate, and extend menu items
Create and extend menus
Test form functionality and data connections
Diagnose and optimize client performance
Optimize form loading and performance

14 - Create classes in finance and operations apps

Add a class to a project
Implement the global cache and singleton
Add code and methods to meet business requirements
Data manipulation

15 - Implement role-based security in finance and operations apps

Create and modify duties, privileges, and permissions
Enforce permissions policy
Extensible data security framework
Apply security permissions
Microsoft Entra ID and OAuth 2.0 authentication

16 - Build reports for finance and operations apps

Implement Business document management
Create and modify reports that use SSRS
Implement query objects and query builder
Create and modify reports by using Power BI
Create and modify reports by using Excel

17 - Build workspaces in finance and operations apps

Design KPIs

Create drill-through workspace elements

Create custom reusable report functions by using RDL

Implement built-in KPIs, charts, and other reporting components

18 - Explore extensions and the extension framework in finance and operations apps

Customization models

Assess the extensibility of code

Extension points for frameworks

Develop code to extend a framework

Create pre-event and post-event handler classes

Implement the SysOperationSandbox framework

Implement the workflow framework

19 - Extend elements in finance and operations apps

Add a table extension to a project

Add a form extension to a project

Extend menus

Implement delegates

20 - Consume business events in finance and operations apps

Business event framework

Create a new business event

Activate business events

Consume business events

Extend an existing business event

Role-based security for business events

Business events in Microsoft Power Automate

21 - Work with class extensions in finance and operations apps

Class extensions

Chain of command and method wrapping

Best practices

22 - Explore data integration concepts in finance and operations apps

Data integration overview

Synchronous integration

Asynchronous integration

23 - Work with synchronous integrations in finance and operations apps

Develop an entity and enable it for data export

Extend a data entity

Implement custom services

Implement custom services and the Batch OData API

Expose OData endpoints from data entities

Consume external web services

Integrate finance and operations apps with Microsoft Excel

Integrate finance and operations apps with external applications by using Power Apps

Download electronic document interchange solutions

Verify source and target data for auditing

Debug with JSON Web Tokens

24 - Implement the Data management package API for finance and operations apps

Import and export APIs

Monitor the status of APIs

Manage entity change tracking

Create wrapper classes to consume external web services

Create wrapper classes with C#

25 - Work with asynchronous integrations in finance and operations apps

Set up a data project and recurring data job
Implement authorization to support integration
Monitor status and availability of entities
Develop data transformation
Microsoft Dataverse integrations
Integrate Dataverse by using virtual entities
Work with composite data entities
Azure Data Lake and Entity Store
Connect to Azure Data Lake Storage
Change data in Azure Data Lake
Power Platform convergence

26 - Prepare data for migration to finance and operations apps

Select a data integration (import/export) strategy
Common migration scenarios and tools
Bring your own database (BYOD)
Test a data migration and validate output

27 - Manage data sources with external data stores in finance and operations apps

Identify report data source requirements for external sources
Differentiate among report data stores
Create and manage custom data sources
Optimize data entities to achieve better performance

28 - Integrate finance and operations apps with Microsoft Azure

Develop and integrate by using Logic Apps
Develop and integrate Microsoft Power Platform
Integrate finance and operations apps with enterprise applications
Automate EAI, B2B, EDI, and business processes with Logic Apps
Consume data from the Azure Machine Learning service
Enable connectivity with external services
Optimize data entities to achieve better performance

29 - Connect to Microsoft Power Platform services with finance and operations apps

Connect your finance and operations apps data using Power Automate

Triggers and actions used in Power Automate for finance and operations apps

Connect to your finance and operations apps data with Power Apps

Finance and operations data on Common Data Model and Microsoft Dataverse

30 - Prepare data for migration to finance and operations apps

Select a data integration (import/export) strategy

Common migration scenarios and tools

Bring your own database (BYOD)

Test a data migration and validate output

31 - Work with data management in finance and operations apps

Data management concepts

Use data entities for data management and integration

Work with the Data management workspace

Using Standard and Enhanced views for tiles

Use templates in data management

Export, import, and copy data into a legal entity

Database movement operations

Data sharing framework

32 - Perform user acceptance testing in finance and operations apps

Create user acceptance test libraries

Record test cases and save to the business process modeler (BPM)

Synchronize and configure your test plan in Azure DevOps

Run user acceptance tests

Data task automation

33 - Prepare to go-live with finance and operations apps

Understand the go-live process

Complete the Lifecycle Services methodology

Manage environments in the Implementation portal

Perform user acceptance testing (UAT) for your solution

FastTrack go-live assessment

Request a production environment

34 - Work with analytics and reporting in finance and operations apps

Understand different types of reports and inquiries

Financial reporting

Find inquiries and reports

Generate and consume inquiries and reports

Configure finance and operations apps for Microsoft Power Platform

35 - Configure electronic reporting in Dynamics 365 Finance

Configure electronic reporting
Use barcode data sources to generate bar code images
Module assessment