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MB-700 syllabus, skills measured, and exam topics

The MB-700 exam measures Architect solutions, Define solution strategies, and Manage implementations. 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
Architect solutions 25–30%
Define solution strategies 45–50%
Manage implementations 10–15%
Manage testing 15–20%

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Audience profile

  • Candidates for this exam are Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance, Supply Chain Management, and Commerce professionals who advise stakeholders and translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and reliable solutions.
  • Candidates should have knowledge of the Dynamics 365 ecosystem and Microsoft Power Platform. They must have deep understanding of finance and operations apps, and Copilot and AI agents used in the finance and operations apps. In addition, they must have extensive domain knowledge in one or more industry verticals. This role requires understanding how decisions affect the overall solution.

Detailed outline

Scan each section as a working study checklist instead of one long wall of text.

Architect solutions (25–30%)

  • Identify operational and organizational challenges that may affect a business
  • Identify existing business processes and opportunities to optimize business processes
  • Gather data migration requirements and expected data migration volumes
  • Categorize business requirements and perform gap fit analyses
  • Review and validate business requirements throughout the solution lifecycle
  • Map business requirements to functional components and business process catalog
  • Evaluate whether to build versus buy for gap business requirements
  • Identify solution components including other Microsoft and independent software vendor (ISV) technologies based on customer requirements
  • Describe the Success by Design framework
  • Create overall solution architecture diagrams
  • Review an organization including company information, locations, and organizational hierarchy in finance and operations apps
  • Document the implementation timeline including roll-out strategies

Define solution strategies (45–50%)

  • Review a process to manage solution code and deployment
  • Select a deployment model and identify instances and environments required for the selected deployment model
  • Plan the One Version strategy and release process for service updates
  • 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 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 solution code and data
  • Differentiate between transactional, historical, and master data

Manage implementations (10–15%)

  • Identify the requirements for FastTrack eligibility
  • Identify FastTrack engagement types and personnel roles
  • Describe typical types of FastTrack workshops and the inputs for each workshop across the phases
  • Describe go-live checklist elements
  • Utilize Dynamics 365 Implementation Portal
  • 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 Power Platform Admin Center Support tool
  • 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 (15–20%)

  • 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 business scenarios
  • Determine when to use RSAT, SysTest, Postman, ATL, Azure DevOps Test Plans, Leapworks, and other tools
  • 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