Development, Extensions and Deployment for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Certification Exam MB6-894 Preparation Guide
This preparation guide includes information and tools to assist you in preparation for the exam.
Target Audience
Candidates for this exam are technical consultants, programmers, or IT personnel who implement the basic technical and development tasks required to customize Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations and Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Retail.
Candidates should have a basic knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations and Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Retail. Additionally, experience with Visual Studio, and object-oriented programming is required.
Candidates for this development exam should have a moderate understanding of programming concepts and processes, as well as an understanding of Finance and Operations and Retail modifications, enhancements, and new development projects that apply to the different business process scenarios.
Exam Specifics
Skills being measured
This exam measures a candidate’s understanding of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and how it can improve the productivity, efficiency and accuracy of financial and budgetary processes through the configuration and management of included core financial modules that track transactions and budgetary operations in order to gain greater visibility into financial, retail and accounting practices.
Time requirements
Microsoft Dynamics exam times typically range between 60 -- 160 minutes. Note that this time does not include any additional time required for validating your identification, reviewing instructions, providing comments, and calculating your score.
Microsoft Dynamics exams typically contain between 40 – 75 questions
Multiple Choice and Multiple Answer questions
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Exam Topics
Understand the architecture and development environment (20% - 25%)
Describe the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations architecture
This objective may include but is not limited to: Describe the development environment; describe the components in the application stack; identify cloud architecture components; explain the server architecture; describe the layer architecture
Describe the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Retail architecture
This objective may include but is not limited to: Identify components of the retail solutions and their purpose; Describe differences and uses for the Retail Server and the Retail Store Scale Unit (RSSU); Describe hardware components; Describe and create components for the Modern Point of Sale (MPOS) and the Cloud Point of Sale (Cloud POS)
Manage development with Microsoft Visual Studio and Lifecycle Services (LCS)
This objective may include but is not limited to: Identify the windows and basic navigation of Visual Studio; describe differences between and uses for projects, models, solutions, and packages; describe and perform the build process; describe the features of LCS; use LCS to deploy hotfixes, manage assets, and complete the build process
Develop new elements by using Application Explorer (20% - 25%)
Create and manage labels and resources
This objective may include but is not limited to: Create new label files; create and use labels; describe elements and uses for labels; identify best practices for labels; identify uses for resources
Create and manage data types
This objective may include but is not limited to: Describe uses for base enumerations; create new base enumerations; identify best practices for base enumerations; describe primitive and extended data types; create new extended data types; identify key properties for extended data types; implement best practices for extended data types
Create and manage tables
This objective may include but is not limited to: Identify the components of a table; describe various types of table relationships; describe various types of table indexes; implement best practices for tables, relationships, and indexes
Read and Write Basic X++ (20% - 25%)
Describe the X++ environment
This objective may include but is not limited to: Identify the characteristics of X++; use the code editor to write X++; describe the features of IntelliSense; identify basic syntax for X++; describe the use of common key words in X++; describe the features of the debugger; use the comparison tool; use the best practice checker
Work with X++ control statements
This objective may include but is not limited to: Work with variables, operators, conditional statements, and loops; use built-in functions; use communication tools
Work with classes
This objective may include but is not limited to: Create new classes; describe scoping events and parameters; describe inheritance; identify key best practices when writing X++
Manipulate data with X++
This objective may include but is not limited to: Identify techniques for data retrieval; explain uses for transaction integrity checking; insert, update, and delete records using X++; identify best practices for manipulating data with X++
Manage exceptions in X++
This objective may include but is not limited to: Identify exception types; use try/catch statements; describe the features of optimistic concurrency control; describe best practices for exception handling with X++
Manage the User Interfacce and Security for Developers (20% - 25%)
Manage the user interface
This objective may include but is not limited to: Identify components of various form patterns; identify common form patterns and sub patterns; identify key properties for form elements; apply and validate form patterns; describe uses for tiles; describe how to join data in forms; implement best practices for form development
Manage the user navigation
This objective may include but is not limited to: Identify types of menu items; create menu items and menus; identify key properties for menu items; describe uses for menu items; implement best practices for menus and menu items
Manage security in the development environment
This objective may include but is not limited to: Describe the security architecture; describe the components of role-based security; create new privileges, duties, and roles in the application explorer; describe the extensible data security framework
Develop and Extend Retail Components (15% - 20%)
Modify retail components
This objective may include but is not limited to: Describe the components of the Commerce Runtime (CRT) and how to extend the CRT; describe the components of the Commerce Data Exchange (CDX) and how to extend the CDX; Identify components of the retail architecture that can be extended; Describe how to extend various components of the retail architecture.
Deploy retail modifications
This objective may include but is not limited to: Describe how to package and deploy retail modifications into a source environment; review and apply retail hot fixes; create and deploy packages for retail; resolve conflicts and rebuild packages
Monitor retail components
This objective may include but is not limited to: Identify, use and extend diagnostics and monitoring tools for retail components; Identify, setup, and monitor data distribution and offline databases; Understand hot, warm, and cold paths for diagnostics and monitoring; Use events logs, and LCS to monitor and diagnose issues with retail components
Exam Preparation Tools
In addition to your hands-on experience working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, we highly recommend using the following tools and training to help you prepare for this exam:
Supplemental learning resources
Microsoft Online Resources for Microsoft Dynamics 365
Additional skills recommended
Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows; Microsoft Office; Microsoft Exchange Server; Outlook.