Microsoft Dynamics 365 Fundamentals Finance and Operations Apps (ERP): Candidate Guide
Exam MB-920 validated foundational understanding of Dynamics 365 Finance and Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, including the business processes, capabilities, and Microsoft ecosystem connections that make an ERP solution useful. It was designed for beginners, business users, and people starting toward functional or specialist roles. The first decision is now administrative rather than academic: Microsoft retired the exam on December 31, 2025, at 11:59 PM Central Standard Time, so new candidates cannot schedule it. This guide helps you understand its former scope and choose a sensible next learning direction.
Can you still take MB-920?
No. Microsoft retired Exam MB-920: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Fundamentals (ERP) on December 31, 2025, at 11:59 PM Central Standard Time. A candidate who has not already completed it should not buy practice material or plan a test appointment for this exam. Use the published objectives as background for learning, not as a current scheduling target.
Microsoft’s Microsoft Q&A page also states that the Dynamics 365 Fundamentals exams have been retired and can no longer be taken. This matters because older pages, training references, and third-party listings may still describe MB-920 as an active exam. Check the current Microsoft credentials catalog before treating any exam code or certification title as available.
The certification is not the same as MB-300: Microsoft Dynamics 365: Core Finance and Operations. Microsoft’s MB-300 page records that MB-300 retired on February 29, 2024, so it is not a current replacement either. A candidate should identify a currently listed Finance, Supply Chain Management, developer, or solution-architect credential before committing to a new exam plan.
What should an existing certification holder know?
Microsoft states that deprecated Dynamics 365 Fundamentals certifications do not expire. If you already earned Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Fundamentals (ERP), it remains on your Microsoft Learn transcript. That status is different from exam availability: the credential can remain recorded even though another candidate can no longer sit the exam.
What knowledge did MB-920 validate?
MB-920 assessed foundational knowledge of Dynamics 365 Finance and Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. Its purpose was to test whether a candidate could recognize how ERP applications support finance, operations, legal entities, business processes, and connections with other Microsoft applications, rather than demonstrate deep implementation or development expertise.
The official audience profile described candidates who wanted to understand how Finance and Supply Chain Management support an organization’s core financial model and related processes, business operations such as warehousing and manufacturing, unified business processes, multiple legal entities, and integration within the Microsoft ecosystem.
This scope made the exam useful as an orientation point for several audiences: business owners, business leaders, business users, functional consultants, administrators, and students. It was not a prerequisite for role-based or specialty certifications. A sensible learner therefore used MB-920 content to establish vocabulary and product boundaries before selecting a deeper role-based path.
The introductory Microsoft Learn module adds three useful foundation outcomes: describing enterprise resource planning, identifying use cases for AI tools including Copilot and agents, and navigating the finance-and-operations user interface. These are product-literacy skills. They should not be confused with configuring a production environment, writing extensions, or leading an implementation.
Which products were inside the boundary?
Dynamics 365 Finance and Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management formed the central exam boundary. The wider finance-and-operations documentation also contains material for Commerce and Human Resources, and Microsoft’s learning path introduces Commerce, Human Resources, and Project Operations, but the MB-920 study guide specifically identifies Finance and Supply Chain Management as the exam’s covered applications.
The distinction is practical. Learn the wider application family well enough to explain how finance and operations apps fit together, but prioritize Finance and Supply Chain Management when organizing notes or evaluating old MB-920 study resources. Do not assume every module in a current learning path represents an examinable MB-920 objective.
What were the measured skill areas?
The published MB-920 objectives focused on describing Dynamics 365 Finance and Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management and connecting their features to business scenarios. The study guide’s audience profile emphasizes financial models, operational processes, unified applications, multiple legal entities, and Microsoft ecosystem integration. These are the anchors for reconstructing the exam’s learning scope.
The available official research identifies Describe Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management as a 35–40% exam domain. The domain label must stay attached to that percentage: Describe Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management (35–40%). Do not treat the percentage as a general estimate of the whole exam or compare it with unlabeled figures from another certification.
For Supply Chain Management, the published summary identifies inventory and warehouse management, master planning, procurement and sourcing, product information management, production control, intercompany trade, and transportation management. It also identifies manufacturing concepts such as lean, discrete, and process manufacturing; manufacturing strategies; bills of materials, formulas, and routes; production life cycles; shop-floor management; and master planning.
For Finance, the official learning path covers general ledger, cash and bank management, tax, accounts payable, accounts receivable, credit and collections, budgeting, fixed assets, cost accounting, and electronic invoicing. Study these as connected business capabilities rather than isolated menu names. For example, ask what financial information a process creates, which team uses it, and how the result supports planning, control, compliance, or reporting.
The exam also expected product-level understanding: how a unified ERP solution can connect business processes, how organizations can manage multiple legal entities in one application, and how finance and operations apps integrate with other Microsoft applications. The goal was recognition of capability and fit, not detailed implementation procedure.
Most questions were intended to cover generally available features. The study guide noted that commonly used preview features could also appear. For historical study, that means prioritizing stable, documented capability over speculative product announcements or memorized descriptions of features that may have changed.
How should you read the old blueprint?
Treat the historical blueprint as a map of concepts, not a promise about a live test. Start with the objective title, expand each bullet into a business scenario, and mark whether you can explain the purpose of the capability, the user who benefits, and the neighboring process it affects. This approach remains useful for product literacy even though MB-920 itself is retired.
How should a beginner sequence the learning?
Begin with ERP concepts and application navigation, then study Finance, follow with Supply Chain Management, and finish by connecting cross-functional scenarios. This sequence prevents a common error: memorizing individual features before understanding the business problem they address. Microsoft’s beginner learning path lists no prerequisites, so a learner can start with the fundamentals rather than an earlier certification.
The “Get started with finance and operations apps” learning path contains eight modules and is aimed at business users, functional consultants, and administrators. Its content introduces navigation, Finance, Supply Chain Management, production control, and help resources, while also presenting related applications. Use it as a structured baseline, then return to the product documentation for weak areas.
A practical sequence is: first, define ERP and learn the interface; second, build a Finance process map; third, build a Supply Chain Management process map; fourth, study manufacturing and warehouse relationships; fifth, review legal entities, integration, analytics, and AI-related concepts; sixth, test recall with scenario questions and explain every wrong answer.
Do not begin with specialist implementation material unless your target role requires it. MB-920 was fundamentals-level, and the available research explicitly distinguishes its core-capability and business-scenario focus from deep technical implementation. Advanced configuration documentation can be useful for context, but it should not replace a clear understanding of what each application is designed to do.
A useful Finance study sequence
Map financial activity from recording transactions through reporting and control. Study general ledger first, then accounts payable and accounts receivable, followed by cash and bank management, tax, budgeting, fixed assets, cost accounting, credit and collections, and electronic invoicing. For each topic, write a one-sentence purpose and one example of the business decision it supports.
Next, connect the topics. Accounts payable and accounts receivable affect cash visibility; budgeting supports planning; fixed assets and cost accounting provide different views of organizational resources and costs; tax and electronic invoicing address regulatory or transaction requirements. The objective is not to invent a workflow but to understand why these capabilities coexist in an ERP application.
A useful Supply Chain Management study sequence
Start with product information, inventory, and warehouse concepts, because they provide the data and physical-control foundation for later processes. Continue with procurement and sourcing, transportation, master planning, production control, and intercompany trade. Then revisit the full chain and explain how demand, supply, inventory, manufacturing, and logistics decisions influence one another.
For production control, learn the distinction between production order, batch order, and kanban at a conceptual level, along with the idea that a production process moves through statuses until a manufactured item is ready for a customer or another production phase. This is more durable than memorizing screen paths that may differ across deployments or versions.
How can you turn reading into usable knowledge?
Convert every learning objective into a scenario card with four fields: business need, relevant application, core capability, and expected outcome. For instance, a question about a unified view of inventory, warehouse, manufacturing, service, and logistics should lead you to Supply Chain Management and its operational analytics context. Scenario cards expose gaps that passive reading hides.
Use official Microsoft Learn modules as the primary study spine. The Finance and Operations Apps module has no prerequisites and covers ERP, AI-tool use cases including Copilot and agents, and interface navigation. The broader learning path supplies product introductions and production-control context. Read the linked documentation when a term remains unclear rather than relying on a third-party explanation.
A small comparison table can be useful in personal notes, but label every column precisely. Compare Finance and Supply Chain Management by business purpose, users, data, and processes. Avoid a table that merely lists product names. The exam’s value was in recognizing how capabilities support business operations and the core financial model.
If a suitable learning environment is available, use it to follow a business story rather than click randomly. Trace a simple sequence such as product and inventory information through procurement, warehouse activity, production, and financial impact. Hands-on exploration is a practical recommendation, not an official requirement, and access to a trial or demonstration environment can vary.
Review AI and Copilot material with the same discipline. The official introductory module identifies AI-powered agents and Copilot-driven workflows as use-case topics, including intelligent reconciliation, embedded analytics, forecasting, collections, and reporting. Learn what problem each example addresses and how it relates to finance and operations work; do not assume that exposure to an AI feature proves implementation expertise.
What should your notes contain?
Keep notes decision-oriented. For each capability, record the business question it answers, the application area, the process inputs and outputs, and any related capability. Add a separate “verify in current documentation” mark for features or terminology that may have changed. This keeps historical MB-920 preparation from becoming an inaccurate description of the current product.
Which mistakes waste the most study time?
The largest mistake is preparing as though MB-920 were still active. Confirm exam status first. The next is treating a fundamentals exam as a configuration exam: deep technical procedures, development details, and implementation lifecycle work can distract from the product-purpose and business-scenario knowledge the exam was designed to assess.
Another error is studying Finance and Supply Chain Management as unrelated silos. The official scope connected financial models with operational processes, multiple legal entities, unified business processes, and Microsoft integrations. A learner who can define each module but cannot explain how finance and operations interact has learned labels without the intended context.
Do not use leaked questions, exam dumps, or memorization claims as a substitute for learning. They are especially unreliable for retired exams because product capabilities and official objectives can change. They also cannot establish whether you understand the scenario behind an answer or transfer the knowledge to a current role-based credential.
Avoid relying on a single old page without checking its date and status. Microsoft updates exams periodically, English versions are updated first, and localized versions may follow later. For MB-920, the decisive issue is not version timing but retirement. For current credentials, always read the live study guide and exam detail page before using archived material.
Finally, do not confuse a passing-score reference with a current opportunity. The historical MB-920 study guide states that a score of 700 or greater was required to pass, but that threshold does not create a route to sit the retired exam. It is historical exam information, not a scheduling instruction.
How do you test real understanding?
After each topic, close the documentation and explain the capability to a finance manager, warehouse lead, or functional consultant in plain language. Then answer three questions: what business problem does it address, what neighboring process does it touch, and what evidence would show that it is working? If your explanation depends on menu labels alone, return to the scenario.
What were the historical exam logistics?
The MB-920 study guide recorded a passing score of 700 or greater, offered a free practice assessment, and linked to an exam sandbox for learning the exam environment. It also described accommodation requests and language support. Because the exam is retired, these details should be read as historical preparation information rather than services a new candidate can use to book MB-920.
For Microsoft certification exams that are currently available, registration begins from the certification or exam details page by selecting the schedule option and then the applicable provider. Microsoft’s general registration guidance says exams can be scheduled no more than 90 days in advance. It also explains that online or test-center choices depend on provider availability.
The general scheduling page says candidates taking a certification independently or through a training program select Pearson VUE, while students, academic-institution members, or Microsoft Office Specialist candidates may use Certiport when that option is presented. Those rules are relevant only after confirming that the selected exam is active.
For an available online exam, Microsoft advises running a system pre-check. Test-center delivery avoids the need to prepare a personal computer and testing area to online security standards. If accommodations are needed, request them before scheduling so the provider has time to review the request. Do not infer that any of these delivery options exist for MB-920 today.
The historical study guide states that an additional 30 minutes could be requested when the exam was not available in a preferred language. Language availability and accommodation processes are time-sensitive, so candidates pursuing another credential should verify them on that credential’s current official page rather than carry the MB-920 detail forward automatically.
What is the correct next administrative action?
Open Microsoft Learn’s current Dynamics 365 credentials information, identify an active credential aligned to your role, and read its live study guide before choosing training. If you already earned MB-920, review your Learn transcript and keep the credential record; if you did not, redirect your preparation instead of searching for a way around retirement.
Which current direction fits your goal?
Choose the next path by the work you want to perform, not by the retired exam title. Microsoft’s role-based credentials page lists current role families including Dynamics 365 Finance Functional Consultant Associate, Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate, Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps Developer Associate, and Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect Expert. Confirm current availability and requirements before selecting one.
If your work centers on accounting, financial controls, planning, or reporting, begin with Finance-focused learning and inspect the current Finance functional consultant route. If it centers on inventory, procurement, manufacturing, warehousing, or logistics, inspect Supply Chain Management learning and its current functional consultant route. These are recommendations based on role fit, not claims that MB-920 is a prerequisite.
If you are a business user or administrator, the beginner finance-and-operations learning path remains a useful orientation resource because it covers Finance, Supply Chain Management, navigation, production control, and help resources. It does not by itself establish eligibility for a current certification. Use the current credential page to determine whether an exam, Applied Skill, or role-based certification is the better outcome.
If your interest is technical, move beyond product recognition into the current developer or solution-architect requirements. The retired MB-920 scope can supply vocabulary, but it cannot demonstrate current development, implementation, architecture, or lifecycle-management competence. Build the next study plan from the active credential’s measured skills and Microsoft’s linked training.
How should you use the old learning path now?
Use it for orientation and terminology, especially if Finance and Supply Chain Management are new to you. Then pivot to the current product documentation and current credential study guide. Microsoft’s documentation is organized across implementation, deployment, integrations, finance, supply chain management, reporting, development, administration, and servicing, making it a better source for role-specific depth than an archived fundamentals outline.
A practical four-stage roadmap
A useful roadmap has four stages: status check, foundation, role selection, and evidence of readiness. The first stage prevents wasted effort on a retired exam; the second builds shared ERP vocabulary; the third turns broad product knowledge into a current career target; the fourth checks whether you can explain and apply the relevant concepts without relying on memorized answers.
Stage one: verify the credential status and record the retirement date in your plan. Remove MB-920 scheduling, pricing searches, and exam-date planning from your actions. If you already hold the certification, confirm that it appears on your Microsoft Learn transcript. If not, move directly to the current credentials catalog.
Stage two: complete the introductory ERP and finance-and-operations material. Learn application navigation, ERP purpose, Finance capabilities, Supply Chain Management capabilities, and production-control concepts. Build the Finance and Supply Chain Management process maps described earlier. Mark terms that need a second reading in the official documentation.
Stage three: select a role. Match finance-oriented responsibilities to Finance learning, operations-oriented responsibilities to Supply Chain Management learning, and technical responsibilities to developer or architecture requirements. Read the active study guide from start to finish before choosing a course. Record each measured skill and link it to one official learning resource.
Stage four: test readiness through explanation and practice. Use Microsoft’s official practice assessment when one is provided for the active credential, and use an exam sandbox when the current study guide links one. Treat practice results as diagnostic evidence: investigate every uncertain answer, especially correct guesses. Do not use practice performance as a guarantee of certification success.
Your immediate next action should be one of three things. An existing MB-920 holder should verify the transcript and identify whether a current role-based credential adds value. A beginner should start the official beginner learning path and create a role decision after the Finance and Supply Chain Management introductions. A candidate already working in one product area should skip broad repetition and compare that experience with the active product-specific study guide.
What does a finished study plan look like?
A finished plan names a current target credential, its official skills, the Microsoft Learn resources mapped to those skills, a practice or assessment checkpoint where available, and a date to review the live exam page. It does not list MB-920 as an upcoming appointment, rely on dumps, or treat an archived score requirement as evidence of current eligibility.
Where should you verify the information?
Use Microsoft Learn as the authority for credential status, current objectives, training, product documentation, and registration procedures. The historical MB-920 page explains what the exam covered, while the role-based credentials page helps place that knowledge within Microsoft’s broader credential catalog. Because product and certification information changes, revisit the official page immediately before making a training or scheduling decision.
The official finance-and-operations documentation is the best place to separate product areas: Finance, accounts payable, accounts receivable, budgeting, cash and bank management, cost accounting, fixed assets, general ledger, supply chain management, inventory, master planning, procurement, production, transportation, and warehouse management. Use it to deepen a chosen role rather than attempting to memorize the entire documentation site.
For registration procedures, use Microsoft’s scheduling guidance only after confirming the target exam is live. It explains provider selection, profile requirements, scheduling limits, delivery choices, system checks, and accommodations, but it cannot reactivate a retired credential. That distinction protects candidates from outdated booking advice and unofficial listings.
A final source-check routine
Before studying, check the exam detail page and study guide. Before registering, check the provider and delivery options shown for that current credential. Before test day, check the provider’s instructions, profile name, system requirements, and accommodation status. This three-point check is a practical recommendation for current exams and should replace assumptions copied from archived MB-920 pages.
Conclusion
MB-920 is now a historical certification, not an exam that a new candidate can schedule. Its published scope still offers a clear introduction to Dynamics 365 Finance and Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management: financial models, operational processes, manufacturing, warehousing, legal entities, unified ERP capabilities, and Microsoft integration. Use that foundation selectively, then move to a current role-based credential and its live Microsoft Learn study guide. The most valuable next step is therefore not finding MB-920 dumps or an appointment, but confirming your target role, mapping its current skills, and studying from official product and credential sources.
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