Module 1: Set Up and Configure Legal Entities

This module explains the setup and configuration of legal entities and number sequences in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations.

Lessons

• Create a legal entity and generate number sequences
• Create a number sequence
• Create organization hierarchies
• Apply purposes and policies
• Configure calendars and date intervals
• Practice Labs
• Module summary

Students have learned how to create a legal entity and generate number sequences, manually or by using a wizard. Students also configured calendars and date intervals. Additionally, they learned how to create organization hierarchies, apply purposes, and set up policies in order to streamline business policies and reporting structures.

Module 2: Manage users and security

Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations has an array of security and configuration options to help keep sensitive data safe. This all means that users can remain focused on their roles, while the system remains as streamlined as possible. Knowing how to implement different security options will help companies cover their security requirements. When the security architecture of Finance and Operations are understood, one can more easily customize security to fit the requirements of a business.

Lessons

• Understand the security architecture
• Manage users and security
• Setup and apply segregation of duties
• Run security reports
• Setup batch jobs and alerts
• Practice labs
• Module summary

In this module, students will have:

• Understood the security architecture of Finance and Operations
• Managed users
• Managed security
• Applied segregation of duties
• Run security reports

Module 3: Perform Personalization

Personalization saves time and effort when using the system.

Lessons

• Describe and apply user options
• Create, export and import personalizations
• Create and maintain record templates
• Practice labs
• Module summary

Students have now learned how to use and apply user options, create personalization, and export personalization to be used by other users, using the personalization feature of Finance and Operations. They also learned the difference between customization and personalization. In particular, how personalization helps save time personalizing often-used field values and allows for creation and maintenance of record templates.

Module 4: Implement Common Integration Features

Microsoft Dynamics 365 integrates with many other common programs; for example, email, Microsoft Office, and Power BI.

Lessons

• Microsoft Office integration
• Configure email
• Create and maintain email templates
• Use Power BI
• Setup network printing
• Integrate data into Common Data Services for Apps
• Practice Labs
• Module summary

In this module, students will have learned how to use Microsoft Office integration in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, configure email (SMTP/Exchange), and create and maintain email templates to standardize the messages when sending emails to customers. By setting up network printing features, corporate network printers can be used remotely. Finally, this module provided an overview of how to integrate data from multiple sources into Common Data Service for Apps and integrate the data to Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations using the Data Management workspace.

Module 5: Course Conclusion

Final assessment and course summary, as well as a post-course survey for the course.

Lessons

• Final assessment
• Course summary
• Post-course survey

Students will have completed the course.