Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Business Central Functional Consultant Associate

Built and optimised for small and medium businesses, Dynamics 365 Business Central is an application for companies that have outgrown their entry-level business applications. Growing businesses often outgrow their basic accounting software or legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems that are unable to handle increased inventory and transactions, lack integration with other line-of-business systems, and have reporting limitations.

Businesses are also challenged with the logistics of providing services that have more scalability, increased mobility, and availability in the cloud. With Business Central, you can manage your financials, automate and secure your supply chain, sell smarter, improve customer service and project performance, and optimise your operations.

As a candidate for this certification, you’re a functional consultant who implements core application setup processes for small and medium businesses. You configure the application in collaboration with the implementation team to provide the business with manageability and ease of use.

You implement and configure Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central including:

• Setting up core functionality and modules, including:
  • Financial management
  • Sales
  • Purchasing
  • Inventory
• Migrating data to Business Central.

You have applied knowledge of meeting business needs by specialising in one or more feature sets of Business Central.

Module 1: Deploy and configure Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Module 2: Use journals in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Module 3: Build reports for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Module 4: Develop using Power Apps and Power Automate for Dynamics 365 Business Central

Module 5: Configure Sales and Purchasing

Module 6: Reconcile bank accounts in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Module 7: Set up financial management in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Module 8: Get started with Trade in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Module 9: Process customer and vendor payments in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Module 10: Get started with inventory management in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Module 11: Set up warehouse management in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Module 12: Sell items and services in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Module 13: Work with the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central user interface

Module 14: Set up Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for reporting

Module 15: Work like a pro with data in Business Central

Module 16: Purchase items and services in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Module 17: Return items in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Module 18: Assemble items in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

By the end of the course you should be able to:

• Implement and configure Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central including setting up core functionality and modules and migrating data to Business Central.
• Configure the application in collaboration with the implementation team to provide the business with manageability and ease of use.
• Configure role centers including adapting insights, cues, action tiles, reports, charts, and extend Business Central by using Power Platform components.
• Demonstrate applied knowledge of meeting business needs by using Business Central, including basic understanding of financial management, sales, purchasing, and inventory.
• Understand the role of Business Central in relationship to the Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 suites of applications.

Candidates for this exam typically specialise in one or more feature sets of Business Central.

A Dynamics 365 Business Central core functional consultant must have applied knowledge of Business Central and have an understanding of industry terminology, priorities, standards, methodologies, and best practices.

The consultant must have applied knowledge of meeting business needs by using Dynamics 365 Business Central, including basic understanding of financial management, sales, purchasing, and inventory.

The consultant’s knowledge should include a comprehensive understanding of the Business Central application’s role in relationship to the Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 suites of applications.