Learning catalog for Dynamics 365 Finance developers
Do you need to write code to integrate with other data sources, extend core system functionality, or build a complex application?
The following catalog is organized from core knowledge to specific domains, and from most basic to most advanced. If content exists in multiple formats, we'll let you know, so that you can choose the training format that best meets your needs.
Get started
| Content | Description | Format | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get started with finance and operations apps | Learn how finance and operations apps support businesses to manage their global financial systems, operational business processes, and streamlined supply chains to empower people to make fast, informed decisions. As the first step in your career of working with finance and operations apps, you must familiarize yourself with its features and functionality, whatever your desired role. | Free, self-paced online learning path | 2.2 hours |
| Get started with Dynamics 365 Finance | Dynamics 365 Finance empowers business users to adapt to rapidly changing business environments. It provides businesses everything they need to control finances and manage funds with accurate information for financial planning and forecasting, and helps them stay up to date with analytics tools. Because finance is the core of any business, it's important to be acquainted with the capabilities of Dynamics 365 Finance. | Free, self-paced online learning module | 1 hour |
Core development concepts
| Content | Description | Format | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to developing with finance and operations apps | As a developer working with finance and operations apps, it's important to have a firm grasp of the main architecture components of the Dynamics 365 ecosystem and finance and operations apps. Knowledge of core developer concepts, including technical capabilities, source code, testing frameworks, and reporting tools, will support your further efforts in building development skills that you can apply to finance and operations apps. | Free, self-paced online learning path | 7.75 hours |
| Build finance and operations apps | Developing in finance and operations apps requires a basic understanding of the tasks required to build new elements and customize finance and operations apps. The tasks include understanding X++ code and Visual Studio and being able to create and modify the basic elements of the system. | Free, self-paced online learning path | 13 hours |
| Extend finance and operations apps | Extensions allow developers to make changes to the user experience in finance and operations apps by implementing modifications to the code that don't affect the base code. Among other benefits, extensions let developers update finance and operations apps to adhere to business processes and required changes. | Free, self-paced online learning path | 2.5 hours |
| Connect to finance and operations apps | Integration and the ability to access your data in finance and operations apps are important capabilities. Developers who have learned to build and extend code in finance and operations apps can enhance their knowledge of development by learning about data integration and how connecting to data can have positive impacts on users. | Free, self-paced online learning path | 5.75 hours |
| Migrate data and go live with finance and operations apps | As a functional consultant, you must understand how to prepare your customer's data for migration, work with data management, and perform user acceptance testing to go live with finance and operations apps. | Free, self-paced online learning path | 4 hours |
| Finance And Operations: Development ALM (DYN766PAL) | This TechTalk discusses Development Application Lifecycle Management concepts, tools and the best practices we recommend. We cover how Lifecycle Services, Visual Studio, and Azure DevOps work together to enable business-process focused continuous delivery of your solution’s code base, and servicing of your environments. | Free recording of a web conference | 52 minutes |
| finance and operations: Extending Dynamics 365 Finance with PowerApps (DYN558PAL2) | Understand the simplicity of Microsoft PowerApps and how it can integrate with Dynamics 365 Finance to digitally transform businesses and increase user productivity. | Free recording of a web conference | 43 minutes |
| finance and operations: Extensibility (DYN518PAL2) | We'll provide an overview and update on Microsoft's extensibility plans. We'll discuss in detail the various ways of extending a solution, looking deep into the metadata extensibility features as well as the ability to augment and extend code, including via the powerful Chain of Command feature. | Free recording of a web conference | 50 minutes |
| Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) Setup (VIR782PAL) | This Tech Talk will walk through the necessary steps to configure a VSTS instance and project to connect to LCS implementation project for Dev/Test environment configuration. | Free recording of a web conference | 41 minutes |
| Dataverse Data Integrator (DYN451PAL2) | Join us for this tech talk on the capabilities of the Dataverse Data Integrator. We'll discuss integration options between Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement and Dynamics 365 finance and operations, as well as integrating with other, third-party solutions. | Free recording of a web conference | 61 minutes |
| Integration Between Dynamics 365 for Sales and Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations via Dataverse (DYN340PAL) | In this Tech talk we'll introduce the integration scenario known as Prospect to cash, with sales and marketing activities in Dynamics 365 for Sales and fulfillment in Dynamics 365 Finance. We'll also take a look at the Data integrator and how to modify the integration. | Free recording of a web conference | 54 minutes |
| Data Management (DYN757PAL2) | Please join us for this TechTalk on Data Management. Learn about the options available and the scenarios for which they're recommended. We'll cover the Data Management framework, templates, database copying, cross-company data sharing, and performance considerations. | Free recording of a web conference | 58 minutes |
| Azure Integration Tools for Dynamics 365 Finance (DYN386PAL) | This TechTalk will cover the types of tools one might consider while integrating with Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations and when to choose which integration tool. The session will also walk-through some of integration scenarios orchestrated using Azure integration services. | Free recording of a web conference | 63 minutes |
| Integration Frameworks within Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations (DYN385PAL) | This session will provide an overview of the integration frameworks within Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations and discuss the consideration under which these frameworks could be used. | Free recording of a web conference | 64 minutes |
| Copy Into Legal Entity (DYN383PAL) | In this session, we'll discuss a new feature in the data management framework, Copy into legal entity. We'll first briefly review the new features added to the data management framework in platform 8 for the workspace, templates, and data projects and then discuss the functionality added for Copy into legal entity. | Free recording of a web conference | 54 minutes |
| How To Extend or Build New Analytical Workspaces (DYN321PAL) | This Tech Talk will provide a walk through on how to extend or build new Analytical Workspaces. | Free recording of a web conference | 59 minutes |
| Mobile Framework (VIR824PAL) | This tech talk will walk through the mobile framework capabilities for building apps in Dynamics 365 for Operations. The session will also demonstrate some recently built apps. | Free recording of a web conference | 58 minutes |
Servicing
| Content | Description | Format | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| finance and operations: Servicing, Supporting and Maintaining Production (DYN651PAL2) | Tech Talk on how to efficiently support, maintain and service your Dynamics 365 Finance production environment. | Free recording of a web conference | 53 minutes |
| finance and operations: Feature Management (DYN641PAL2) | Tech Talk on the Feature management experience. It provides a workspace where you can view, enable, disable, and schedule features that have been delivered in each release. By default, new features are turned off. You can use the workspace to turn them on and view the documentation for them. Attend this meeting to see what is delivered in 10.0.3 and our plans for future releases. | Free recording of a web conference | 47 minutes |
| Finance And Operations: Microsoft Managed Continuous Updates (DYN610PAL) | The Continuous Update cadence for finance and operations has started! Join us to discuss Microsoft Managed Continuous updates, the user experience already available in Lifecycle Services, and forthcoming updates. | Free recording of a web conference | 61 minutes |
| Microsoft Managed Continuous Updates: What's new (DYN543PAL2) | During this hour we'll explain what is new since our initial announcements about Microsoft Managed Continuous updates. We'll discuss the cadence of updates, how we've responded to your valuable feedback on the process, and look at the forthcoming Lifecycle Services user experience, through which you'll be able to manage your updates. | Free recording of a web conference | 56 minutes |
| Microsoft Managed Continuous Updates (DYN474PAL2) | We'll discuss Microsoft’s plans for keeping your system up-to-date with the latest release. We'll cover timelines, the cadence for major and minor updates, the planned procedures, the implications, and what you should do for optimal results. | Free recording of a web conference | 62 minutes |
Migration and upgrade
| Content | Description | Format | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upgrade Dynamics AX 2012 to finance and operations apps | Learn the most important elements and best practices for successfully upgrading your Dynamics AX 2012 solution to finance and operations apps. From the first steps of discovering key architectural differences, getting started with the upgrade process, and code and data upgrade tools, to the best ways of redesigning your integrations, analytics, and reporting based on the latest capabilities. | Free, self-paced online learning path | 7 hours |
| Finance and operations apps: Upgrading from 7.x to 8+ (DYN519PAL2) | Join us for our next TechTalk, during which we'll cover the 7.X to 8.X upgrade process. We'll discuss various scenarios and steps to execute for code upgrade and data upgrade. We'll also cover extensibility request scenarios and how to raise them where appropriate. Part 1 of 2. | Free recording of a web conference | 61 minutes |
| AX2012 to finance and operations apps upgrade (VIR817PAL2) | This Tech Talk will provide an overview on how to upgrade code and data from Dynamics AX 2012 to Dynamics 365 for Operations. | Free recording of a web conference | 45 minutes |
| AX2009 to finance and operations apps Migration Tools (VIR809PAL) | This session will cover tooling available to assist you with migrating from AX2009 to finance and operations. | Free recording of a web conference | 55 minutes |
Testing
| Content | Description | Format | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| finance and operations: Acceptance Test Library (DYN650PAL2) | Tech Talk on how to efficiently support, maintain and service your Dynamics 365 Finance production environment. | Free recording of a web conference | 61 minutes |
| finance and operations: Regression Suite Automation Tool -- Background & Setup (DYN646PAL) | This is the first of a two-part series on Regression Suite Automation Testing (RSAT). In this session, we'll cover how to keep pace with continuous updates using automated testing via RSAT. Learnings and recommendations on creating task recordings and executing tests using RSAT will be covered, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of the installation and setup. | Free recording of a web conference | 70 minutes |
| finance and operations: Regression Suite Automation Tool -- Testing Lifecycle Demo (DYN647PAL) | This is the second of a two-part series on Regression Suite Automation Testing (RSAT). This session will cover a demo of the whole cycle of creating and saving task recordings from finance and operations to the BPM library in LCS, synchronizing the BPM library to create test cases in Azure DevOps, grouping the test cases into test suites, and loading and executing the test suites in RSAT. | Free recording of a web conference | 70 minutes |
| finance and operations: Performance Benchmark for Dynamics 365 (DYN550PAL2) | In this Tech Talk, we'll describe an approach for preparing and delivering a performance benchmark on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance. We'll present the process, main concepts and tools before illustrating a simple case with a demonstration. | Free recording of a web conference | 68 minutes |
| finance and operations: Performance Key Patterns and Anti-patterns for Dynamics 365 (DYN549PAL) | In this Tech Talk, we'll present efficient performance patterns that we've seen project teams implement successfully. We'll also describe anti-patterns that can lead to serious performance degradation of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance environment. | Free recording of a web conference | 58 minutes |
| finance and operations: Performance Troubleshooting Tools for Dynamics 365 (DYN541PAL2) | In this Tech Talk, we'll present the different tools that can be used to troubleshoot Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance performance issues. This session will contain some scenario-based demonstrations and initial guidance on how to approach typical performance issues. | Free recording of a web conference | 64 minutes |
| Task Automation Framework for Data Management (DYN447PAL2) | Join us for this tech talk on the new Task Automation Framework for Data Management. Learn how the framework facilitates testing of data entities & integrations, validation of the resulting data, and automation of other tasks in the Data Management Framework. | Free recording of a web conference | 55 minutes |
| finance and operations: Warehouse App Task Validation Framework | This talk will introduce and explain the new Warehouse App Task Validation Framework, which is designed to allow for the automation of warehouse tasks within the standard Dynamics 365 Warehousing application. This new framework bridges the gap between the Regression Suite Automation Tool (RSAT) and the warehouse functionality so that end-to-end regression tests can be built, including both core Dynamics workflows as well as distribution scenarios utilizing the advanced warehousing module. The talk will walk through the setup and configuration of the framework and show how it can be utilized to automate a warehouse process through RSAT. | Free recording of a web conference | 66 minutes |
Exam
| Content | Description | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Exam MB-500: Microsoft Dynamics 365: Finance and operations Apps Developer | This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: plan architecture and solution design; apply developer tools; design and develop AOT elements; develop and test code; implement reporting; integrate and manage data solutions; and implement security and optimize performance. | Exam, cost varies by region |
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