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Develop solutions with Dynamics 365 Business Central (MB-820T00)

5 days
Dynamics 365Microsoft

Learn to develop, debug, deploy, secure, test, and integrate Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central extensions using AL, APIs, Azure, and Power Automate.

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Course Overview

This course prepares developers to build and extend Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central applications. Participants learn to create and modify modules, implement business logic with AL, develop extensions in Visual Studio Code, and integrate Business Central with external applications and Microsoft Power Platform products.

The course also covers debugging, deployment, security, testing, performance monitoring, application upgrades, source control, lifecycle management, APIs, web services, Azure Functions, and Power Automate. It is intended for developers, software engineers, architects, technical advisors, technical consultants, and user experience leads who implement Business Central solutions.

Course Benefits

  • Develop and customize Business Central extensions using AL and Visual Studio Code.
  • Create pages, reports, codeunits, XMLports, queries, tables, and control add-ins.
  • Debug, deploy, test, and troubleshoot Business Central extensions.
  • Manage application upgrades, performance, telemetry, security, entitlements, and permission sets.
  • Use Git, Azure DevOps, GitHub, and application lifecycle management practices.
  • Integrate Business Central with Power Automate, Azure Functions, REST services, SOAP, OData, and APIs.
  • Build data models and customize the Business Central user interface.
  • Administer Business Central environments and automate administrative tasks with APIs.

Delivery Methods

Private Class
Delivered for your team at your site or online.

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Course Outline

  1. Start Your Free Dynamics 365 Business Central Trial
    1. Sign in to Business Central
    2. Use a demo database
    3. Start a trial with your own data
    4. Extend your trial and subscribe or unsubscribe your organization
  2. Introduction to the Capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Identify available subscription types for Business Central
    2. Explore relationship management functionality
    3. Use Dynamics 365 Sales with Business Central
    4. Discover supply chain management capabilities
    5. Process and administer the purchase cycle
    6. Process and administer the sales cycle
    7. Send documents to customers
    8. Explore job administration
    9. Discover service management capabilities
    10. Explore Business Central manufacturing capabilities
    11. Explore Business Central Human Resources capabilities
    12. Explore the Microsoft 365 experience for Business Central
  3. Customize Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Explore the cloud architecture for Business Central
    2. Tailor, extend, and build applications
  4. Prepare for an Easy Application Upgrade Experience in Business Central
    1. Understand upgrade responsibilities and best practices
    2. Consider the update lifecycle
    3. Create installation and upgrade codeunits
    4. Transfer data between tables using DataTransfer
    5. Manage apps
    6. Detect and avoid breaking changes
    7. Review common questions about updating a Business Central app
  5. Administer Dynamics 365 Business Central Online
    1. Get started with the Cloud Solution Provider program
    2. Extend a trial for a customer
    3. Access the administration center
    4. Manage sandbox and production environments
    5. Set up tenant notifications
    6. Inspect environment telemetry and troubleshoot issues
    7. Export databases
    8. Enable features
    9. Monitor and analyze telemetry
    10. Analyze performance using the in-client performance profiler
    11. Work with the Performance Toolkit extension
    12. Configure a BCPT suite
    13. Use APIs for automation and administration
  6. Manage Users and Implement Security in Business Central
    1. Add users
    2. Create user groups
    3. Implement permissions and permission sets
    4. Configure user access times and logging
    5. Understand users, profiles, and role centers
    6. Perform user-specific setup
    7. Audit changes
  7. Introduction to the Development Environment for Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Get started with Visual Studio Code
    2. Install the AL Language extension in Visual Studio Code
    3. Discover the logical database and its objects
    4. Differentiate the base app and system app
    5. Create a Business Central extension in Visual Studio Code
    6. Work with JSON configuration files
    7. Configure the AL Language extension
    8. Manage multiple AL extensions in one workspace
  8. Debug and Deploy Your Extension in Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Debug an extension with Visual Studio Code
    2. Use attach and debug configurations
    3. Implement snapshot debugging
    4. Work with Rapid Application Development
    5. Publish and install an extension
    6. Set Resource Exposure Policy settings
    7. Configure projects and workspaces
    8. Use AL code actions
    9. Work with the Business Central Performance Toolkit
    10. Use Database Wait Statistics
  9. Work with Pages in Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Get started with pages
    2. Identify page types
    3. Configure page properties
    4. Build a page layout using controls
    5. Link pages with page parts
    6. Use Visual Studio Code snippets to create pages
    7. Set control properties
    8. Enable users to search for a page
    9. Define actions on a page and configure their properties
  10. Design the Data Model of a Report in Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Create report data items and configure their properties
    2. Add columns to a report dataset
    3. Link, order, and indent data items
    4. Use a query to create a report dataset
  11. Work with Codeunits in Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Create and access a codeunit
  12. Work with XMLports in Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Get started with XMLports
    2. Configure XMLport properties
    3. Define nodes and their properties
    4. Design XMLports
    5. Create an XMLport using Visual Studio Code snippets
    6. Use XMLports in AL code
  13. Work with Entitlements and Permission Sets in Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Get started with entitlements and permissions
    2. Create entitlements and permission sets
    3. Override entitlements with inherent permissions
  14. Work with Queries in Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Get started with queries
    2. Create a query in Visual Studio Code
    3. Join data in queries
    4. Filter data in queries
    5. Aggregate and sort data in a query
    6. Access queries from AL
    7. Explore advanced query concepts
  15. Build Control Add-in Objects in Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Apply the Business Central look and feel
    2. Build a control add-in for Business Central
    3. Address asynchronous considerations for control add-ins
    4. Connect control add-ins with Azure Functions
  16. Customize the UI Experience in Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Add objects to search
    2. Create page customizations
    3. Create profiles in AL
    4. Use and create views in AL
    5. Extend application areas
  17. Identify Functional Table Types and Characteristics in Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Define functional table types and characteristics
    2. Create master tables
    3. Create supplemental tables
    4. Create subsidiary tables
    5. Create ledger tables
    6. Create register tables
    7. Create journal tables
    8. Create document tables
    9. Create setup tables
  18. Introduction to the Basics of AL Programming in Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Get started with AL
    2. Work with identifiers, syntax, and variables
    3. Discover intrinsic data types
    4. Use options and enums
    5. Work with collections
    6. Use assignments and type conversions
    7. Define expression types
  19. Application Performance and Monitoring in Business Central
    1. Prepare an application for optimal performance
    2. Get essential Application Insights
  20. Work with Source Control Using Git in Visual Studio Code for Business Central
    1. Configure Git
    2. Compare local and remote repositories
    3. Create a local Git repository
    4. Use the .gitignore file
    5. Add and remove files in Git
    6. Check the status of a Git repository
    7. Use a remote Git repository
    8. Clone a remote Git repository
    9. Work with a remote Git repository
  21. Use Application Lifecycle Management for Business Central
    1. Create an Azure DevOps organization
    2. Manage Azure DevOps projects
    3. Explore Azure DevOps Services
    4. Connect to Azure DevOps using personal access tokens
    5. Get started with GitHub
  22. Introduction to Test Automation in Business Central
    1. Test applications in Business Central
    2. Install and run the Test Toolkit
    3. Run standard tests
    4. Create test codeunits with a test app
  23. Use Power Automate with Business Central
    1. Explore Business Central triggers in Power Automate
    2. Create a Power Automate flow from scratch
    3. Create customer, vendor, and item approvals
    4. Create general journal approvals
    5. Create document approvals
    6. Create flows for different business scenarios
    7. Create a button or instant flow
    8. Run a flow on a schedule
    9. Troubleshoot and monitor flows
  24. Access REST Services from Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Use HTTP classes and their functions
    2. Get data from and send data to an external REST service
    3. Use and read JSON in Business Central
    4. Get JSON data from external REST services
  25. Use Azure Functions with Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Explore basic Azure Functions
    2. Create an Azure function
    3. Use an Azure function in Business Central
  26. Work with Web Services in Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Differentiate SOAP, OData, REST, and APIs
    2. Understand web service authentication
    3. Enable access to OData web services
    4. Work with OData return documents
    5. Request records with OData
    6. Work with OData query options
    7. Create records with OData
    8. Update records with OData
    9. Use SOAP web services
    10. Request records with SOAP
    11. Handle UI interaction when working with web services
  27. Work with the API in Dynamics 365 Business Central
    1. Access the Business Central API
    2. Apply tips for working with APIs
    3. Work with API limits
    4. Create APIs
    5. Read, create, and update data using an API
    6. Use API and OData bound actions

Class Materials

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following is required for this Dynamics 365 class:

  • Applied knowledge of Dynamics 365 Business Central and an understanding of relevant industry terminology.
  • Applied knowledge of Business Central administration, its development environment, and the tools used to develop extensions and customizations.
  • Understanding of how Business Central relates to the Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 application suites.

Experience in the following would be useful for this Dynamics 365 class:

  • Familiarity with Microsoft AppSource.
  • Familiarity with application lifecycle management, source control management, Azure, and related Business Central technologies, frameworks, and services.

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