2. Azure DevOps (ALM)
3.                         a. Setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for D365.
4.                       b. Branching strategies and build automation.
5.                        c. Version control using Git in Azure Repos.
6. X++ Programming
7.            a. Expert-level coding in X++.
8.            b. Knowledge of MorphX development environment and extensions.
9.            c. Understanding of System Operation framework, eventing, and business logic extension.
10. Role-Based Security in D365
11. Designing security roles, duties, and privileges.
12. Security diagnostics and segregation of duties (SoD).
13. Data Management
14. Proficiency with Data Entities, DMF, dual-write, and Data Import/Export jobs.
15. Understanding of data lifecycle and cleansing during cutovers.
16. Reporting & BI
17. SSRS-based reporting (SQL Server Reporting Services).
18. Electronic Reporting (ER) framework.
19. Integrating with Power BI (embedded and external dashboards).

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Analyse the existing AX environments to assess customizations, integrations, reports, and data structures critical to the upgrade.
2. Create and manage Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services (LCS) environments including Sandbox, Development, Test, and Production.
3. Conduct upgrade impact assessments, identifying deprecated features, overlayered components, and architectural mismatches between AX and D365.
4. Develop a comprehensive technical upgrade roadmap, outlining key milestones such as code migration, data upgrade, refactoring, and system validation.
5. Define the target D365 architecture, including extension-based development strategy, Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, integration framework, and reporting standards.
6. Design and implement the extension model to eliminate over layering from AX 2012 and align with D365 extensibility best practices.
7. Map AX technical components (AOT objects, classes, EDTs, tables, forms) to their D365 equivalents or identify necessary redesigns.
8. Lead the technical upgrade of the AX codebase to Dynamics 365, ensuring alignment with the extension model and Microsoft's architectural guidelines.
9. Support the data upgrade process, including transformation logic, staging, and validation activities.
10. Coordinate with functional consultants and business users for data validation, reconciliation, and testing activities post-migration.
11. Mentor and train developers on D365 design and development concepts, ensuring adherence to architecture and coding standards.
12. Maintain all technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, service contracts, release and environment landscape documents, and design specifications.
13. Engage with the project team and end-users to analyse functional gaps and design fit-gap solutions within Microsoft Dynamics 365.