Microsoft Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect (MB-700T00)

1. The architect role
   This lesson will introduce you to the solution architect role. It will help you understand the major skills needed to perform on this role.
   1. The solution architect role
   2. On completing this lesson, you will have learned to:
      • Refresh the knowledge obtained from the online content for solution architect
      • List the skills needed for a solution architect
2. Manage interactions with FastTrack
   This lesson will introduce FastTrack and how to interact with it during Dynamics implementation.
   1. Get to know FastTrack
   2. Make the most of FastTrack templates
   3. On completing this lesson, you will have learned to:
      • Identify the value proposition of FastTrack
      • Identify FastTrack engagement types and personnel roles
      • Describe FastTrack workshop scoping and inputs for each workshop
      • Make the most of solution blueprint template
      • Learn to complete go-live checklist
      • know how to become FastTrack recognized solution architect
3. Solution blueprint
   This lesson will help you give you an overview of solution blueprint in general. Also, this lesson serves as the foundation for the rest of lessons as you will be doing several activities to build your very first solution blueprint during this class.
   1. Solution blueprint definition and components
   2. Project governance and timeline
   3. Solution architecture and organizational structure
   4. Working with business process catalog
   5. On completing this lesson, you will have learned to:
      • Understand solution blueprint definition
      • Describe solution blueprint purpose
      • Identify main solution blueprint components
      • Describe solution scope, goals and challenges
      • List implementation team members and project roles
      • Describe project timeline for implementation and rollouts
      • Describe change management, risks, and escalation path
      • Describe overall solution architecture
      • Describe organization
      • Provide details about the organization
      • Describe business processes in scope of the solution
      • Understand functional and non-functional requirements
      • Document product gaps and their solutions
4. Define environments, tools, and deployment strategy
   This lesson will explain to you the different environment and deployment options. It will allow empower you to define a basic environment strategy for Dynamics implementation.
   1. Understand environment planning
   2. Application lifecycle management and deployment strategy
   3. Using LCS and Azure DevOps
   4. On completing this lesson, you will have learned to:
      • Describe general concepts for cloud deployments
      • Environment planning main concepts and types
      • Understand process of provisioning production and sandbox environments
      • Describe developing an environment plan
      • Understand development of the deployment strategy
      • Define application lifecycle management
      • ALM methodologies
      • Define a deployment strategy
      • Understand extensibility options
      • Learn about upgrade scenarios and tools
      • Adopt One version - continuous updates
      • Utilize Azure DevOps
      • Utilize Lifecycle Services
      • Disaster recovery strategy
5. Determine data management strategy
   This lesson will empower you to understand the data related topics within Dynamics implementation. It will help you define data migration strategy.
   1. Data management overview
   2. Develop data migration strategy
   3. On completing this lesson, you will have learned to:
      • Describe data management overview
      • Understand data management framework
      • Utilize data task automation
      • Describe database movement operations
      • Utilize data sharing framework
      • Develop data migration strategy
      • Develop cutover plan
      • Develop data retention plan
6. Determine integration and interfaces strategies
   This lesson will cover the integration and interface topics. It should help you to understand the available options and tools to use. It will help you define your integration and interface strategy for Dynamics implementations.
   1. Develop integration strategy
   2. Integration options
   3. On completing this lesson, you will have learned to:
      • Engage a customer in conversation about the benefits of engaging a FastTrack architect or team
      • Describe the benefits of having the project team compare and evaluate the functional requirements
      • Discuss and explain the different forms of architecture involved when creating a solution blueprint
7. Define security architecture
   This lesson will help you understand the important security aspects for Dynamics implementations.
   1. Important security aspects
   2. Security framework
   3. Define security strategy
   4. On completing this lesson, you will have learned to:
      • Define cloud security
      • Describe main aspects of Azure datacenter security
      • understand authentication and authorization
      • understand compliance requirements
      • Understand encryption
8. Define testing strategy
   This lesson should help you define testing strategy and develop testing plan. It will introduce you to the various testing types and tools.
   1. Testing strategy overview
   2. Testing planning and execution
   3. On completing this lesson, you will have learned to:
      • Understand testing scope
      • Solution testing lifecycle and defect management
      • Describe testing tools
      • Testing roles, responsibilities and test management
      • Perform test planning
      • Understand One version and adopt regression testing strategy
9. Define performance testing strategy
   This lesson will focus more on the performance topics. It will help you to know the importance of performance topic and will empower you to know how to address these topics with your customer.
   1. Prepare for performance topics
   2. Utilize performance testing tools
   3. On completing this lesson, you will have learned to:
      • Define performance goals and scenarios
      • Define performance benchmarks and success criteria
      • Define performance testing strategy
      • Identify tools for performance testing
      • Identify tools for performance monitoring
10. Business intelligence and reporting
    This lesson will address the key topics for reporting and intelligence needed by the solution architect.
    1. Implement business intelligence and reporting
    2. On completing this lesson, you will have learned to:
       • Outline reporting and analytics overview
       • Describe native reporting options
       • Describe business intelligence reporting options
       • Identify analytics reporting options
       • Develop reporting and analytics strategies
11. Determine licensing and support
    This lesson is designed to help you understand the basics of licensing and support. It not meant to make you an expert on this topic. However, it will enable you to know where to find the information when you need it.
    1. Understand licensing estimation
    2. Understand support options
    3. On completing this lesson, you will have learned to:
       • Estimate number of licenses
       • Stay compliant with user licensing requirements
       • Understand support options during and post implementations
       • Define support strategy
12. Prepare for go-live
    This lesson is to put everything together and prepare for go-live. It will help you get familiar with go-live checklist. This lesson also will recap major learnings from this class and you will be asked to give a class feedback.
    1. Complete solution blueprint
    2. Prepare for go-live
    3. Class recap
    4. Develop a training strategy
    5. On completing this lesson, you will have learned to:
       • Complete solution blueprint
       • Understand go-live readiness assessment process
       • Understand completing and submitting go-live checklist
       • Describe the process of provisioning production environment
       • Define cutover activities and go-live
       • Provide class feedback
       • Understand how to develop training strategy

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