MB-800 study plan
MB-800 · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Set up Business Central
Provision a Business Central trial or sandbox environment and sign in with an administrative account
Configure company information, regional settings, currency, and fiscal year for a new company
Create three test users, assign permission sets to each, and build one custom permission set that restricts access to a single area
Create a second company from the same environment and compare which setup data carried over versus which must be re-entered
Your checkpoint
A written environment setup log recording company name, region, currency, fiscal year, and the permission sets assigned to each of the three test users, plus a short note explaining what copies when a new company is created.
Set up Business Central & Configure financials
Design and create a chart of accounts with at least 60 accounts using correct account types and categories
Set up two dimensions with values, mark one as globally usable, and apply it as a default dimension on a G/L account
Build the general posting setup and at least one complete inventory posting group combination
Post opening balances for all balance sheet accounts and confirm the trial balance balances to a planned control total
Your checkpoint
A chart of accounts and dimension setup with a trial balance whose total debits equal total credits and match the opening balances you planned on paper.
Configure financials
Configure general journal templates and batches, including one batch used for recurring entries
Create two bank accounts, import a bank statement file, and configure rules that auto-match statement lines
Post a batch of G/L journal entries, reverse it, and trace both the original and reversing entries to the general ledger entries
Add a second currency, post a foreign-currency transaction, and run an exchange rate adjustment
Your checkpoint
A reconciled bank account posting to zero difference, plus a ledger entries export proving three posted-and-reversed journal batches net to zero.
Configure financials
Build an income statement account schedule and a balance sheet account schedule using row definitions and column layouts
Analyze one account schedule by dimension to produce a per-department view
Execute the year-end close process in the sandbox and record each step taken
Verify that every report you produced reconciles to the trial balance without variance
Your checkpoint
Two saved account schedules (income statement and balance sheet) that reconcile to the trial balance with zero variance, each documented with the row and column formulas used.
Milestones
Week 2: Trial balance nets to zero and an unassisted verbal walkthrough of your chart of accounts structure is completed in under five minutes.
Week 4: Draw the posting group matrix (general, customer, vendor, inventory) from memory on one page, name the account each combination hits, and score at least 75% on a 40-question timed set covering domains 1 and 2.
Week 6: Score at least 80% on a 50-question timed set covering domains 1 to 3, then list your five weakest objectives with one concrete remediation action each.
Week 8: Score 85% or higher on a 90-question timed practice exam taken in one sitting, with every missed item mapped to a domain objective in the error log.