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MB-500 syllabus, skills measured, and exam topics

The MB-500 exam measures Plan the architecture and solution design, Apply developer tools, and Design and develop AOT elements. Use this page to review the current official syllabus, major domains, and source links before exam day.

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Skills measured by domain

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Domain Weight
Plan the architecture and solution design 5–10%
Apply developer tools 5–10%
Design and develop AOT elements 15–20%
Develop and test code 20–25%
Implement reporting 10–15%
Integrate and manage data solutions 15–20%
Implement security and optimize performance 10–15%

Detailed outline

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Plan the architecture and solution design (5–10%)

  • Differentiate between the cloud and on-premises versions of finance and operations apps
  • Extend the functionality of finance and operations apps into the Microsoft ecosystem
  • Manage environments by using Lifecycle Services tools and components
  • Research and resolve issues by using Issue Search
  • Perform activities that require asset libraries
  • Manage package deployments between environments
  • Manage Unified Developer Experience (UDE) developer environments in Power Platform admin center
  • Manage environments by using the Implementation portal

Apply developer tools (5–10%)

  • Create and manage extension models
  • Manage metadata by using Application Explorer
  • Synchronize data dictionary changes with the application database
  • Create elements by using element designers
  • Perform debugging activities
  • Create, check out, review, and check in code
  • Maintain project artifacts
  • 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 (15–20%)

  • Create and extend forms
  • Create and extend menus and menu items
  • Create and use label files
  • Create and extend tables
  • Create and extend views, queries, and maps
  • Create and extend data entities
  • Create and extend classes
  • Add event handler methods to a class
  • Add attributes or modifiers to a class

Develop and test code (20–25%)

  • Implement common structured programming constructs of X++
  • Create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) data
  • Implement global functions in X++
  • Resolve best practice warnings
  • Implement variable scoping
  • Implement inheritance and abstraction concept
  • Implement query objects and the QueryBuilder class
  • Implement attribute classes
  • Implement Chain of Command (CoC)
  • Assess the extensibility of code and avoid breaking changes
  • Implement event handler classes and delegates
  • Implement the SysOperation framework

Implement reporting (10–15%)

  • Create and modify report data sources and supporting classes
  • Implement reporting security requirements
  • Differentiate among reporting datastores
  • Determine when to use a specific reporting tool or platform
  • Create, modify, and deploy reports in finance and operations apps by using SSRS
  • Create and modify finance and operations apps reports by using Power BI
  • Create and modify finance and operations apps reports by using Microsoft Excel
  • Create and modify finance and operations apps reports by using Electronic reporting
  • Design and implement key performance indicators (KPIs)
  • Create drill-through workspace elements
  • Implement Power BI visualizations

Integrate and manage data solutions (15–20%)

  • Contrast data integration patterns
  • Select an appropriate data integration API
  • Differentiate between synchronous and asynchronous patterns
  • Consume external web services by using RESTful APIs and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
  • Implement Electronic reporting integrations
  • Implement custom services
  • Implement Batch OData API
  • 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, including entity sequencing and recurring data jobs

Implement security and optimize performance (10–15%)

  • Create and extend duties and roles
  • Create privileges and add permissions
  • Enforce security policies
  • Implement Extensible Data Security (XDS) policies
  • Apply caching mechanisms for tables and forms
  • Implement global cache and singleton
  • Create and modify temporary tables for optimization purposes
  • Assess when to use set-based queries or row-based queries
  • Modify queries to optimize performance
  • Modify variable scope to optimize performance
  • Analyze and optimize concurrency
  • Capture traces, and analyze traces by using Trace Parser

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