MB-500 Exam Prep Course | Dynamics 365 Apps Developer
Prepare for exam success
Whether you're already using Dynamics 365 or want to boost your career by earning the MB-500 Apps Developer certification, gaining this valuable certification can enhance your skills and open up new opportunities.
Why choose our training?
Interactive Real-Time Online Classes: Led by our Microsoft-certified experts, experience the next best thing to in-person training, all from the comfort of your home or office.
Hands-On Experience: Don’t just listen – do. Engage in live practical labs to apply what you learn to real-world scenarios.
Flexible & Recorded Sessions: Missed something? No problem. Every session is recorded, allowing you to replay and review for 30 days.
Practice for the Exam: Included is the official practice test from MeasureUp, preparing you thoroughly for the real thing.
Effective learning methodology
Our proven learning methodology “Prepare-Participate-Practice” offers a structured and supportive learning journey.
The live sessions are just the beginning, you'll also benefit from a variety of additional learning resources to significantly enhance your overall learning experience.
- Prepare: e.g. by watching a video.
- Participate: Be an active part of the live sessions.
- Practice: Maintain and extend your learning after the live course.
We'll equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed with Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations and ensure a learning journey far beyond the training sessions.
Find out more about our “Prepare-Participate-Practice” approach.
Next course April 7-11, 2025
Your course instructor is our senior instructor Denis Poloudin (MCT).
What you get
This comprehensive training package ensures that you are ready for the exam MB-500:
- Link to Dashboard in AXcademy – one-stop for all information
- Overview of courses
- Links to live sessions
- Preparation materials
- Live recordings and presentations used
- Practice exercises
- Videos, presentations, et al.
- Live sessions – 5 days each with 2 x 3-hour live sessions
- Recorded live sessions (accessible for 30 days after the course)
- Presentations used
- Hands-on exercises, deep dive documentation, et al.
- The Microsoft Certified Official preparation test from MeasureUp – Practice and practice again, until you are ready for the exam.
- Your practice test is available for 180 days .
- Standard MB-500 VM (D365FO training environments/sandboxes with standard “Contoso” demo data) for each student
- Your VM is available for 180 days.
Curriculum MB-500 Apps Developer
Plan the architecture and solution design
Plan for the major components of finance and operations apps
Differentiate between the cloud and on-premises versions of finance and operations apps
Reference the key models of the application stack
Implement application lifecycle management (ALM) and Lifecycle Services
Manage environments by using Lifecycle Services tools and components
Research and resolve issues by using Issue Search
Perform activities that require asset libraries
Prepare deployment packages and deploy packages between environments
Manage the code upgrade process from previous versions
Apply developer tools
Customize finance and operations apps by using Visual Studio
Create and manage extension models
Design and build projects
Manage metadata 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, and check in code and artifacts and review code
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
Create and extend UI elements
Add a new form to a project and apply a pattern
Configure a data source for the form
Add a grid and grid fields, groups, and other controls to a form
Create and extend menus and menu items
Add a form extension to a project for selected standard forms
Create and use label files
Create and extend the data model
Create and extend tables
Add table fields and field properties to a table
Add field groups, relations, delete actions, methods, and indices
Create and extend views, queries, and maps
Create and extend data entities
Create classes and extend AOT elements
Create a new class or class extension and add new methods
Add event handler methods to a class
Add attributes or modifiers to a class
Develop and test code
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 X++ variable scoping
Implement inheritance and abstraction concept
Implement query objects and the QueryBuilder class
Implement attribute classes
Implement Chain of Command (CoC)
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 testing using the SysTest framework and Task recorder
Run unit tests in Test Explorer
Integrate and manage data solutions
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 and 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 and recurring data jobs
Design entity sequencing
Generate and modify field mapping between source, staging, and target
Develop data transformations
Integrate with Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft 365, and Azure
Integrate Power Automate and Power Apps with finance and operations apps
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 finance and operations apps with Microsoft Excel by using OData
Implement business events
Implement Azure Key Vault
Implement security and optimize performance
Implement security policies and requirements
Create or modify duties, privileges, permissions, and roles
Enforce permissions policies
Implement Extensible Data Security (XDS) policies
Enforce Microsoft Entra ID authentication
Apply fundamental performance optimization techniques
Apply caching mechanisms for forms and tables
Implement the global cache and singleton
Create or modify temporary tables for optimization purposes
Assess when to use set-based queries and row-based queries
Modify queries to optimize performance
Modify variable scope to optimize performance
Analyze and optimize concurrency
Optimize performance
Capture traces by using TraceParser and analyze traces
Optimize performance for data entities, data source queries, batch processes, and reports
Implement the Async and Sandbox frameworks
Create or modify indexes for tables and views
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Frequently Asked Questions
Our proven learning methodology “Prepare-Participate-Practice” (3P) ensures you the best possible learning experience and a long-term learning journey.
The live online sessions are focused 3 hour sessions, with additional pre- and post-training included – at no additional cost to you.
These additional learning options elevate your learning intake dramatically.
Prepare
Before each course, we ask the students to prepare – for example by watching a video. This is to ensure that the students have the same or similar understanding of the scope of the upcoming training, and the terminology to be used.
Participate
Each live course session is a focused 3-hour live online session, led by one of our experienced, Microsoft and ExFlow-approved instructors.
Practice
Maintain and extend your learning after the live course session:
• The live sessions are recorded for review again and again
• Additional videos
• Hands-on labs – with separate suggested step-by-step guidance/solutions
• Support (Q&A).
More details about 3P her–
Yes. A high-quality VM is available for the course – complete with Microsoft standard Contoso demo data.
It is available during your class, and also for practice after the class.
Your training environment is available for 180 days from your activation (typically on or before the first course date).
To ensure your exam success, we even include the one and only Microsoft Certified Official preparation test for you – from MeasureUp – absolutely free of charge (value EUR +99)!
Practice and practice again, until you are ready for the exam.
All objectives of the exam are covered in depth so you'll be ready for any question on the exam.
Your practice test is available for 180 days from your activation (typically on or before the first course date).
Your entire course, the Prepare-Participate-Practice sections – including the recorded sessions – are available for 30 days after the course has finished.
Your training environment as well as your practice test are available for 180 days from your activation (typically on or before the first course date).
We try to make each course varied – to keep it lively and to address the various learner types. Some want to watch, some want to read.
Content types may vary per course, but typically include
- Live presentations and demonstrations by your instructor
- Hands-on labs/exercises
- Presentation/PDF
- Infographics
- Quizzes/Test your knowledge questions
- and more
We add courses on a frequent basis.
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