Dynamics 365 Technical Consultant: Career Guide
Technical consultants sit between functional design and pure development — handling integrations, data migration and technical configuration. The role suits people who enjoy both the business conversation and the build.
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Junior / Graduate Developer
Learns the platform under supervision, fixing bugs, building simple customisations and configurations, and gaining a first Microsoft certification.
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Dynamics 365 Developer
Delivers features independently in a chosen stream (F&O, CE or BC), writing X++, .NET or AL and integrating with other systems.
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Senior / Technical Developer
Owns complex builds and integrations, mentors juniors, makes design decisions and contributes to estimates and technical standards.
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Technical Lead
Leads a development team, sets coding standards and ALM practice, reviews work and bridges between functional consultants and developers.
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Technical / Solution Architect
Defines the overall technical solution, system landscape and integration strategy across one or more Dynamics 365 workloads.
Certifications & qualifications
PL-400 — Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate
Core developer certification for extending the Power Platform and Dataverse with plug-ins, custom connectors, PCF controls and client scripting.
MB-500 — Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps Developer Associate
The primary certification for F&O developers, covering X++, the extension framework, data entities and the development lifecycle.
PL-200 — Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate
Validates Power Platform and Dataverse configuration skills that complement developer work, especially on CE projects.
MB-700 — Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect Expert
Architect-level credential relevant to senior F&O developers progressing toward technical architecture.
PL-600 — Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Solution Architect Expert
Senior architecture certification for those leading solution design across Power Platform and Dynamics 365.
AZ-900 / AZ-204 — Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals / Developer
Azure credentials that support the integration and cloud-services side of Dynamics 365 development.
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