MB-700 Microsoft Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect Exam

Exam MB-700: Microsoft Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect
Languages: English
Retirement date: none
This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: architect solutions; define solution strategies; manage implementations; and manage testing.

Skills measured
The English language version of this exam was updated on April 22, 2022. Please download the exam skills outline below to see what changed.

Architect solutions (20-25%)
Define solution strategies (35-40%)
Manage implementations (20-25%)
Manage testing (10-15%) )

The following exam guide shows the changes that were implemented on April, 2022 to the English language version of this exam.

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 ~~all~~ the Dynamics 365 ~~apps~~ ecosystem and Microsoft Power Platform. They must have deep understanding of F~~inance and Operations apps~~Dynamics 365 Finance, Dynamic 365 Supply Chain Management, Dynamics 365 Commerce, and Dynamics 365 Project Operations. In addition, they have extensive domain knowledge in one or more industry verticals. This role requires understanding how decisions ~~in each area~~ affects the overall solution.

Skills Measured
NOTE: 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.

NOTE: Most questions cover features that are general availability (GA). The exam may contain questions on Preview features if those features are commonly used.

Architect solutions (~~25-30~~ 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 information about expected transaction volume
• 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
• evaluate whether to build versus buy for selected business requirements
• identify opportunities to integrate other Microsoft technologies
~~• select solution design patterns~~
• select the appropriate ~~tools to~~ implementation tools including LCS and Azure DevOps
• describe the Success by Design process
• create solution architecture diagrams

Describe and document the solution blueprint
~~• define an organization and organization locations including intercompany information~~
• define an organization including company information, locations, and structure
• document the implementation timeline including roll-out strategies
• define the business process catalog and document solution gaps
• define instances, environments, and solution components
• develop a disaster recovery strategy
• identify required integration and interface details
• define required business intelligence and reporting components
• identify required security roles

Define solution strategies (~~25-30~~35-40%)
Select a deployment strategy
• develop a ~~change management and adoption process~~process to manage solution code and deployment
• select a deployment model and identify instances and environments required for the selected deployment model
• describe the One Version strategy for Dynamics 365 ~~One Version strateg~~y and the effects of One Version on solutions
• 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 ~~Finance and Operations apps and Power Platform solutions~~solution code and data

Determine a data management strategy
• differentiate between transactional and historical 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 and data retention plans

Define the security architecture
• differentiate between Azure, Dynamics 365, and infrastructure security
• describe Azure and infrastructure security-related elements
• describe use cases for and capabilities of record-level and role-based security in Dynamics 365

Define the integration architecture
• select an integration pattern including OData, Microsoft Power Platform, Batch Data API, Azure Data Lake,
Business events, and Dual-write
• identify required integration and interface details
• design integrations
• define an integration testing strategy

Define the business intelligence and reporting architecture
• gather business intelligence and reporting requirements
• 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 Print management, Document Routing Agent (DRA), modern report design layout templates, check printing, and label printing

Manage implementations (~~25-30~~20-25%)
Describe Lifecycle Services (LCS) tools
• understand the use cases and capabilities of different LCS tools
• understand the use cases and capabilities of Business Process Modeler (BPM)
• understand the use cases and capabilities of LCS Methodologies
• create a usage profile to describe current or projected usage
• describe uses cases and capabilities for LCS downloadable tools

Manage interactions with FastTrack
• identify the value proposition for FastTrack
• identify FastTrack engagement types and personnel roles
• describe typical types of FastTrack workshops ~~scoping~~ and the inputs for each workshop
• describe go-live checklist elements

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 LCS 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 ~~all~~ business scenarios
• ~~determine when to use RSAT versus SysTest framework versus Postman versus ATL and other tools~~Determine when to use RSAT, SysTest, Postman, ATL, Azure DevOps Test Plans, 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

QUESTION 1
An organization is planning a new Dynamics 365 Finance + Operations (on-premises) implementation.
The business process demands a huge volume of transactions to be imported during peak hours. Users can
always access the system.
You need to do proper hardware sizing to ensure expected performance.
Which two factors should be considered for sizing? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.
NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

A. user profile management
B. business process optimization
C. deadlock log evaluation
D. crash dump analysis
E. transaction characterization

Answer: B,E

QUESTION 2
A company uses Dynamics 365 Business Central.
The company identifies the following issues:
Users report they cannot perform planning and dispatching of service orders or track bills of material in the system.
The finance department says that licensing costs are higher than budgeted.
You need to recommend a solution to address the issues.
What should you recommend?

A. Use the Lifecycle Services business process modeler to create service order management and manufacturing tasks in the BPM Library.
B. Perform a fit-gap analysis. Implement service order management and manufacturing business processes and license changes.
C. Configure all users as Business Central Premium users.
D. Ensure that the service order management and manufacturing processes steps are documented in a flow chart.
E. Configure all users as Business Central Essentials users.

Answer: B

QUESTION 3
A holding company with three independently managed and operated subsidiaries is implementing Dynamics 365 Finance.
The company needs to ensure the restriction of data for each company from subsidiary counterparts.
You need to determine an organization structure.
Which structure should you recommend?

A. single legal entity with security policies
B. separate legal entities
C. single legal entity with custom business unit financial dimension
D. single entity that consolidates legal entities
E. single legal entity with default business unit financial dimension

Answer: B

QUESTION 4
Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in
the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have
more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution.
After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these
questions will not appear in the review screen.
A company with multiple legal entities implements Dynamics 365 Finance.
You need to recommend options to ensure that you can provide customized financial reporting across the legal entities.
Solution: Create separate business units.
Does the solution meet the goal?

A. Yes
B. No

Answer: A