Exam MB-700: Microsoft Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect
Audience Profile
Solution architects for Finance and Operations apps in Microsoft Dynamics 365 are trusted advisors who understand business recommended practices, and software capabilities, and implementation delivery so they can .They lead implementation team members to implement Dynamics solutions that can achieve the predefined implementation goals. A solution architect is accountable for the integrity and successful delivery of end to end solution. The architect provides critical guidance during pre-sales throughout the design process and continues the oversight throughout the remainder of the project lifecycle to address issues that arise throughout the implementation and ensuring the achievement of implementation goals. The solution architect must have a breadth and depth of knowledge and experience on industry standards and product capabilities. The solution architect must have broad expertise in both functional and technical areas of Dynamics solution. They should know about platforms, tools, and functional areas such as finance, supply chain management and manufacturing. In addition, they have extensive domain knowledge in one or more customer industries.
Prerequisities:
Microsoft certified course Microsoft Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect
Skills Measured
Identify solution requirements (30-35%)
Identify business requirements
- describe an organization including companies, divisions, and other entities
- visualize and mapping of an organizational 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 options
- determine licensing requirements for Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations apps 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 management and migration strategies
- identify and characterize data sources that must be migrated
- design a master data management strategy, including but not limited to Azure Data Lake or Data Migration Framework (DMF, DIXF)
- 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 the appropriate LCS tools to support a solution implementation
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