AB-250

Dynamics 365 Contact Center AI Engineer Associate

Associate Customer Engagement · Official Microsoft page

The AB-250 exam is designed for professionals who implement and configure Customer Engagement. It validates your ability to deploy Dynamics 365 Contact Center, implement channels, configure agents and AI capabilities, configure work distribution, configure the Dynamics 365 Contact Center representative experience, and manage analytics for the Dynamics 365 Contact Center.

Exam details

Certification
Dynamics 365 Contact Center AI Engineer Associate
Exam code
AB-250
Level
Associate
Duration
Approximately 100 minutes
Questions
Typically 40–60 questions
Passing score
700 out of 1000
Cost
USD $165 — typical price; the exact fee varies by country/region and currency, and local taxes may apply.
Prerequisites
None required. CCaaS, Copilot Studio, and Dynamics 365 Customer Service experience are expected.
Languages
English (additional languages may be available)
Delivered by
Pearson VUE
Renewal
Free online assessment, every 12 months

Skills measured

Deploy Dynamics 365 Contact Center

15–20%
  • Configure Copilot Service workspace, connectors, embedded mode, and third-party CCaaS Copilot.
  • Roll out agents from Agent hub and apply ALM to Contact Center solutions.
  • Manage users, security roles, personas, and capacity profiles.
Practice Deployment Questions

Implement channels

30–35%
  • Configure chat, digital, record-based, and custom messaging channels, including widgets and SDKs.
  • Provision voice, including numbers, calling profiles, recording, transcription, and IVR integration.
  • Configure channel features, proactive outbound campaigns, and workforce management.
Practice Channels Questions

Configure agents and AI capabilities

10–15%
  • Configure Copilot summaries, Ask a question, knowledge sources, prompt plugins, and smart assist.
  • Configure voice agents, including generative IVR, Real-time Speech, DTMF, NLU, and multilingual agents.
Practice Agents & AI Questions

Configure work distribution

10–15%
  • Create queues, overflow, assignment methods, and operating hours.
  • Configure workstreams, classification, skills-based routing, intent routing, and unified routing diagnostics.
Practice Work Distribution Questions

Configure the Dynamics 365 Contact Center representative experience

15–20%
  • Configure experience profiles, session and notification templates, and the agent inbox.
  • Enable productivity tools, scripts, macros, and Teams collaboration.
  • Administer knowledge management, including the Customer Knowledge Management agent.
Practice Representative Experience Questions

Manage analytics for the Dynamics 365 Contact Center

10–15%
  • Configure supervisor settings, the Quality Evaluation agent, and conversation actions.
  • Customise real-time and historical analytics with Power BI and Application Insights.
Practice Analytics Questions

Study resources & practice tests

Looking specifically for exam questions? See the dedicated AB-250 practice test page.

Frequently asked questions

Who should take AB-250?

AB-250 is for contact centre engineers, Dynamics 365 Customer Service consultants, and CCaaS implementation specialists. You design solutions that integrate human representatives, Copilot, and autonomous agents across voice and digital channels. Most work at Microsoft partners or in large service organisations. Microsoft named it as the Contact Center path after the 2026 customer engagement certification refresh.

What is the average salary for a Dynamics 365 Contact Center AI Engineer?

Employers rarely hire for this exact title yet. Closest published bands are Dynamics 365 Customer Service consultants. As of 2026, US mid-level CE consultants commonly earn about $95,000 to $130,000. UK D365 functional consultants are typically £55,000 to £75,000. German customer engagement professionals are about €60,000 to €75,000 in 2026 recruiter data. There is no single published EMEA average.

Where do I find exam questions to practice?

You will find websites selling exam dumps or brain dumps that claim to be real AB-250 questions. Those materials are not official. Microsoft treats using brain dumps as cheating. It can invalidate your score, revoke certifications you already hold, and ban you from future exams. A Microsoft Practice Assessment is not currently listed for this exam. You can try the Microsoft exam sandbox to see the question types and timer, but it does not use real exam questions. Practise the skills measured in a Dynamics 365 Contact Center trial rather than memorising leaked items.

Source

Does the exam include official labs I can use to practice?

Microsoft does not ship a public, official AB-250 exam lab you can log into on your own. Dynamics exams are usually case studies and traditional items, not Azure-style live labs. Practise in a Contact Center trial, including channels, unified routing, Copilot, and voice agents. Official instructor-led AB-250T00 training delivered by a Microsoft Learning Partner includes labs. Those labs are for the course, not a copy of the exam. The Microsoft exam sandbox shows traditional question types only. It does not give you the lab virtual machine.

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