MB-820: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Developer

Candidates for this course are developers, software engineers, architects, technical advisors, technical consultants, user experience leaders, or have a combination of these skills. Business Central is our fastest-growing application and has the most solutions published on AppSource. However, it is a complex solution and requires deep technical expertise and experience to implement.

• Introduction to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (3 units)

• Use application development best practices in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (7 units)

• Implementing and configuring Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
  (10 units)

• Discover the foundation of customization in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (8 units)

• Creating Reports for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (11 units)

• Learn about the application foundation with the AL programming language for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (10 units)

• Gain insights into the data management database in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (3 units)

• Interact with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (6 units)

• Adapt roles and design the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central user interface (5 units)

• Working with Essential Development Standards for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (4 units)

• Continuous Integration with Azure DevOps for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (7 units)

• Development with Power Apps and Power Automate for Dynamics 365 Business Central (5 units)

Introduction to Business Central

• Lesson 1: Describe the Business Central system
• Lesson 2: Describe the Business Central functional areas
• Lesson 3: Describe the Business Central architecture
• Lesson 4: Describe Business Central apps
• Lesson 5: Describe the upgrade process
• Lab 00 - Lab prerequisites

Administration

• Lesson1: Manage Business Central
• Lesson2: Manage application security in Business Central

Development Process

• Lesson1: Install and configure a Business Central development environment
• Lesson2: Create, debug, and deploy an extension in Business Central

AL Objects

• Lesson1: Build and extend tables and pages in Business Central
• Lab 01 - Create an extension containing a: table, table extension, pages, page extension
• Lesson2: Build and extend reports
• Lab 04 – Add a column and layout to a base report.
• Lesson 3: Develop code units
• Lab 02 – Implement installation and upgrade code in an extension
• Lesson 4: Design and create an XMLport
• Lesson 5: Work with entitlement and permission set objects
• Lesson 6: Create queries in Business Central
• Lesson 7: Build control add-in objects

AL development

• Lesson 1: Describe the essential development standards
• Lesson 2: Use Application Language (AL) to extend Business Central
• Lesson 3: Customize the UI experience and implement onboarding techniques
• Lab 03 – Add a Rolecenter and Profile

Development Tools

• Lesson 1: Work with the Business Central Performance Toolkit
• Lesson 2: Set up Source Control by using Git
• Lab 06 – Setup source control, Git, in an extension.
• Lesson 3: Set up Application Lifecycle Management
• Lesson 4: Implement Semi-Automated Test Processes and run standard Business Central tests
• Lesson 5: Manage and analyze telemetry

Integration

• Lesson 1: Implement APIs
• Lab 05 – Develop custom API pages and queries.
• Lesson 2: Integrate with Microsoft Power Platform based on APIs
• Lesson 3: Access REST services from within Business Central
• Lesson 4: Integrate with Microsoft Azure
• Lesson 5: Describe Microsoft Teams integration

Prerequisites for this course may include:

• Developers' awareness of AppSource
• Knowledge of Business Central-related technologies, frameworks, and services to create solutions
• Knowledge of application lifecycle management (ALM) technologies, including source code control management (SCM) and continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD).

• Course: English / Spanish
• Labs: English / Spanish

Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Business Central Developer Associate

Demonstrate your skills to design, develop, test, and maintain solutions based on Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Level: Intermediate
Role: Business Analyst, Business Owner, Business User, Developer, Solution Architect, Support Engineer, Technology Manager
Product: Dynamics 365
Subject: Business applications