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

Skills Measured

NOTE: The bullets that appear below each of the skills measured are intended to illustrate how
we are assessing that skill. This list is not definitive or exhaustive.

NOTE: In most cases, exams do NOT cover preview features, and some features will only be
added to an exam when they are GA (General Availability).

Identify solution requirements (30-35%)

Identify business requirements

 describe an organization including companies, divisions, and other entities

 visualize and mapping of an organization structure

 identify reporting requirements, including operational, analytical, and externally facing
reports

Perform gap analyses

 categorize business requirements to determine what gaps exist between current apps
and services and the proposed future state solution

 identify the business processes that must be added, removed, or modified to meet the
achieve goals

Define compliance requirements

 define audit requirements

 determine localization requirements and design a localization strategy, including taxes
and user interfaces

 identify regulatory and governmental compliance requirements, including data privacy
regulations

Define security requirements

 design a strategy for segregating duties

 design the security strategy and architecture for a solution
Determine licensing needs and costs

 estimate the costs and highlight the benefits of each solution option

 determine licensing requirements for Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations and
third-party apps and services

 estimate upfront and ongoing infrastructure and cloud services costs

 estimate the long-term costs for a solution

Design solution components (40-45%)

Design business processes

 identify use cases and business optimization opportunities, including upgrade and data
migration scenarios

 map requirements and business process steps to a solution

 select solution components for each functional area

Design data migration strategies

 identify and characterize data sources that must be migrated

 design a master data management strategy

 develop a data migration strategy

 develop a data cut-over plan

Design system integrations

 identify opportunities to increase return on investment by integrating Office 365 apps
and services, Customer Insights, other related applications, and other Microsoft
solutions, including Power Platform services

 identify options for integrating with third-party solutions

 select integration strategies

 recommend add-on technologies and services

Design solution infrastructure

 select a cloud-based or on-premises implementation

 identify required infrastructure apps, services, components, and features

 define performance requirements

Define solution testing and management strategies (25-30%)

Develop an application lifecycle management (ALM) strategy

 identify the available instance types

 select instance types for a solution

 identify use cases, integration points, and methodologies for implementing Azure

DevOps functionality

Recommend Lifecycle Services (LCS) tools

 identify the available LCS tools, including Business Process Modeler (BPM), Regression

Suite Automation Tool (RSAT) and Regulatory Updates

 select LCS tools to support a solution

Define a testing strategy

 design a strategy for performance and load testing

 define a regression testing strategy, including what requires testing and the order of
testing

 determine when to use RSAT, SysTest, and other tools and technologies

 define performance goals and requirements, predict transaction volumes