Microsoft - Dynamics 365 for Customer Service

Duration

Duration:

Just 4 Days

Method

Method:

Classroom / Online / Hybrid

Next date

Next date:

10/2/2025 (Monday)

Overview

On this 4-day accelerated Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Customer Service course, you'll develop your understanding of the powerful Customer Service capabilities that you can use within Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Throughout the course you'll cover the following topics where you'll:

  • Agent Enablement: Learn how your organisation can nurture customer satisfaction through the automation of business processes.
  • Service Intelligence: Learn to utilise a database of articles to create an environment where users can quickly offer standardised answers.
  • Configuring 365 Voice of the Customer Solution: Dive into the platform tools that can be used to create and distribute surveys.
  • Unified Service Desk: Perform basic configuration for the Unified Service Desk for Dynamics 365.
  • Dynamics 365 for Field Service: Learn to understand and use the platform to create supporting items, such as Products, Price Lists, Territories, and Resources.

Your Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) will guide you through the course material using Firebrand's unique Lecture | Lab | Review technique. This approach combines both theoretical learning with hands-on tasks. This will accelerate your learning and ensure you leave us with the practical experience to implement your newfound knowledge when you return to work.

You'll sit exam MB2-718: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Customer Service on-site, during the course. This is covered by your Certification Guarantee. This exam is an elective for the MCSE: Business Applications credential.

This course is aimed at sales operations managers, customer service managers, service schedulers, administrators or any similar roles looking to demonstrate an understanding of the Microsoft Dynamics application functionality.

Passing exam MB2-718 previously resulted in achieving the Microsoft Specialist: Dynamics 365 for Customer Service certification.

Microsoft retired the Specialist credential on 31 March, 2017. The exams remain available and where applicable will count towards the relevant existing MCSA, MCSE or MCSD certification.

Four reasons why you should sit your Dynamics 365 Customer Service course with Firebrand Training

  1. You'll be Dynamics 365 Customer Service trained and certified faster. Learn more on this 4-day accelerated course. You'll get at least 12 hours a day of quality learning time in a distraction-free environment
  2. Your Dynamics 365 Customer Service course is all-inclusive. One simple price covers all course materials, exams, accommodation and meals – so you can focus on learning
  3. Pass Dynamics 365 Customer Service first time or train again for free. Your expert instructor will deliver our unique accelerated learning methods, allowing you to learn faster and be in the best possible position to pass first time. In the unlikely event that you don't, it's covered by your Certification Guarantee
  4. Study Dynamics 365 Customer Service with an award-winning training provider. We've won the Learning and Performance Institute's "Training Company of the Year" three times. Firebrand is your fastest way to learn, with 134.561 students saving more than one million hours since 2001

Curriculum

Manage Cases, the Knowledge Base, and the Interactive Service Hub

Create and manage cases - Manage case lists and views, search for case records, create a new case record, convert activities to cases, perform case resolution processes, implement case routing rules; set up and configure case creation and update rules, implement parent/child cases, merge cases

Create and manage the knowledge base - Search for articles; associate an article with a case; use knowledge base articles to help resolve cases; create, manage, and maintain knowledge base article templates; create, modify, and publish knowledge base articles; format articles; attach knowledge base articles to email messages

Install and configure Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server - Install sample data; install and configure language packs, install the email router, configure server synchronization, configure SharePoint integration, install the SSRS data connector

Manage the Interactive Service Hub - Implement single-stream and multi-stream dashboards, manage queues and cases from streams

Manage Queues, Entitlements, and Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

Create and manage queues - Differentiate between queue types, create and maintain queues, add cases and activities to queues, reconfigure queue items, implement case routing

Create and manage entitlements - Define entitlements, create and maintain entitlement templates, create and configure a new entitlement, create entitlements and add entitlement lines, apply entitlements to cases, associate products, associate entitlement channels, associate an SLA, activate and deactivate entitlements, renew an entitlement

Create and manage SLAs - Define standard and enhanced SLAs, implement SLA actions and details, use SLAs on-demand, manage cases with standard and enhanced SLAs

Implement Service Management Analysis and Voice of the Customer Surveys

Perform service management analysis - Create Microsoft Power BI dashboards, create service dashboards, design and create system charts, identify goal management components, define goals, implement and configure Advanced Find, create editable grids, identify service report types, design reports, export content to Microsoft Excel

Upgrade Microsoft Dynamics CRM and other components - Identify VOC features and components, install and configure VOC, create survey forms, create surveys by using the survey designer, create and configure surveys, link survey questions, pipe data into surveys, route responses, configure survey distribution options, identify and configure survey result options

Manage the Unified Service Desk (USD)

Install and configure the USD application - This topic may include: Install and configure the USD application; define User Interface Integration (UII) actions and calls; create an action call; manage connections by using Connection Manager, Global Manager, and debugger

Implement hosted controls - Create hosted controls, implement toolbars, identify and declare common events, implement window navigation rules, create and configure default and specific rules, implement data and replacement parameters

Configure server-side synchronization - Manage USD sessions, configure user settings and options, create agent scripts, identify debugger capabilities and components, view page data and parameters in the debugger

Manage Dynamics Field Service and the Interactive Services Hub

Install and configure Dynamics 365 Field Service - Plan a Field Service implementation; identify Field Service security roles and administration tasks; view and configure the schedule board; implement the schedule assistant; identify work order relationships; identify accounts, incident types, and service task types; identify agreement options; configure agreement bookings and invoices

Manage the Field Service mobile app and other Field Service features - Identify features and limitations of the mobile app, configure the Field Service mobile app, review customer assets, manage the purchase order process, manage inventory, process returns

Exam Track

On this course, you'll sit the following exam on-site. This is covered by your Certification Guarantee.

MB2-718 - Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Customer Service

  • Technology: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Enterprise
  • Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSE

Skills measured:

  • Manage Cases, the Knowledge Base and the Interactive Service Hub (25% - 30%)
  • Manage Queues, Entitlements, and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) (25% - 30%)
  • Implement Service Management Analysis and Voice of the Customer Surveys (15% - 20%)
  • Manage Dynamics Field Service and the Interactive Services Hub (15% - 20%)

Language: English

Passing exam MB2-718 previously resulted in achieving the Microsoft Specialist: Dynamics 365 for Customer Service certification.

Microsoft retired the Specialist credential on 31 March, 2017. The exams remain available and where applicable will count towards the relevant existing MCSA, MCSE or MCSD certification.

What's Included

As Firebrand are a Microsoft Learning Partner, you'll be taught using these official resources

  • Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
  • Microsoft official practice tests

You'll also have access to:

  • Firebrand Courseware

Your accelerated course includes:

  • Accommodation *
  • Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
  • On-site exams **
  • Exam vouchers **
  • Practice tests **
  • Certification Guarantee ***
  • Courseware
  • Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
  • 24-hour lab access
  • Digital courseware **
  • * For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
  • ** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
  • *** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, it is recommended that you have the following skills and experience:

  • Basic experience using Windows applications
  • Knowledge of basic sales, marketing, and customer service roles in a business
  • A working knowledge of how to use Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 and/or 2015
  • Basic understanding of Microsoft SQL Server and relational database functionality ideal
  • Some knowledge of common Microsoft Dynamics CRM record types
  • Completed Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 applications training or have the equivalent knowledge

Are you ready to get certified in record time?

We interview all applicants for the course on their technical background, degrees and certifications held, and general suitability. If you get through this screening process, it means you stand a great chance of passing.

Firebrand Training is an immersive training environment. You must be committed to the course. The above prerequisites are guidelines, but many students with less experience have other background or traits that have enabled their success in accelerated training through Firebrand Training.

If you have any doubts as to whether you meet the pre-requisites please call 09 - 31 587 431 and speak to one of our enrolment consultants, who can help you with a training plan.

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