Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect Expert
The MB-700 exam is designed for professionals who implement and configure Finance & Operations. It validates your ability to architect solutions, define solution strategies, manage implementations, and manage testing.
Exam details
- Certification
- Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect Expert
- Exam code
- MB-700
- Level
- Expert
- 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
- Languages
- English (also available in Japanese)
- Delivered by
- Pearson VUE
- Renewal
- Free online assessment, every 12 months
Skills measured
Architect solutions (25–30%)
- Gather requirements, migration volumes, and gap fit across finance and operations processes.
- Map requirements to functional components, ISV options, and Success by Design.
- Document the solution blueprint, instances, environments, timeline, and security strategy.
Define solution strategies (45–50%)
- Select deployment, One Version, ALM, code management, and rollback strategies.
- Define data quality, migration, cut-over, and retention for master and transactional data.
- Define security, integration patterns, dual-write, and business intelligence architecture.
Manage implementations (10–15%)
- Manage FastTrack eligibility, workshops, go-live checklists, and the Implementation portal.
- Determine support plans, SLAs, and licensing estimates.
Manage testing (15–20%)
- Define functional, regression, and automated testing with RSAT, SysTest, and Azure DevOps.
- Define performance goals, benchmarks, load testing, and troubleshooting.
Study resources & practice tests
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Frequently asked questions
Who should take MB-700?
MB-700 is for Dynamics 365 F&O solution architects, ERP solution architects, and delivery architects. Most work at Microsoft partners, or on large manufacturing, public-sector, and professional-services programmes. This exam has retired.
What is the average salary for a Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect?
As of 2026, US Dynamics 365 solution architects commonly earn about $170,000 to $230,000. In the United Kingdom, advertised D365 solution architect medians are around £100,000, with HTP 365 F&O architect placements about £85,000 to £110,000. In Germany, lead F&SCM roles are about €95,000 to €115,000. 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 MB-700 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. MeasureUp also sells the official practice test linked in the study resources on this page. 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 real product environment rather than memorising leaked items.
Does the exam include official labs I can use to practice?
MB-700 is a design and architecture exam. It is typically assessed with case studies and traditional questions rather than a hands-on lab you can reuse afterwards. Microsoft still expects job-role experience. Practise in a subscription or trial, and official instructor-led MB-700T00 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.