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Microsoft Customer Data Platform Specialist (MB-260) Practice Exam

Microsoft Customer Data Platform Specialist (MB-260) Practice Exam


About Microsoft Customer Data Platform Specialist (MB-260) Exam

This Microsoft MB-260 exam has been built to measure your ability to accomplish technical tasks including -

  • Ability to design Customer Insights solutions
  • Ability to ingest data into Customer Insights
  • Ability to create customer profiles by unifying data
  • Knowledge to implement artificial intelligence predictions in Customer Insights
  • Skills to configure measures and segments
  • Skills to configure third-party connections
  • Knowledge to administer Customer Insights.


Knowledge Possessed

Candidates planning to take the Microsoft Exam MB-260 for this exam possess the skills to -

  • Implement solutions that provide insights into customer profiles and that track engagement activity
  • Help improve customer experiences and increase customer retention.


Skills Required

  • Candidates are suggested to have firsthand experience with Dynamics 365 Customer Insights together with knowledge of Dynamics 365 apps, Power Query, Microsoft Dataverse, Common Data Model, and Microsoft Power Platform.
  • Direct experience with practices related to privacy, compliance, consent, security, responsible AI, and data retention policy.
  • Candidates must have experience with processes related to KPIs, data retention, validation, visualization, preparation, matching, fragmentation, segmentation, and enhancement.
  • Candidates should have a general understanding of Azure Machine Learning, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Azure Data Factory.


Course Outline

The Microsoft Customer Data Platform Specialist (MB-260) covers the latest exam updates as of exam updates as on April 19, 2023 - 

MODULE 1 - Design Customer Insights solutions (5-10%)

Describe Customer Insights

  • describe audience insights components, including entities, relationships, activities, measures, and segments
  • analyze Customer Insights data by using Azure Synapse Analytics
  • describe the process for consuming engagement insights data in audience insights
  • describe support for near real-time updates
  • describe support for enrichment

Describe use cases for Customer Insights

  • describe use cases for audience insights
  • differentiate between audience insights and engagement insights
  • describe use cases for creating reports by using Customer Insights
  • describe use cases for extending Customer Insights by using Microsoft Power Platform components
  • describe use cases for Customer Insights APIs


MODULE 2 - Ingest data into Customer Insights (10-15%)

Connect to data sources

  • determine which data sources to use
  • determine whether to use the managed data lake or an organization’s data lake
  • connect to Microsoft Dataverse
  • connect to Common Data Model folders
  • ingest data from Azure Synapse Analytics
  • ingest data by using Azure Data Factory pipelines

Transform, cleanse, and load data by using Power Query

  • select tables and columns
  • resolve data inconsistencies, unexpected or null values, and data quality issues
  • evaluate and transform column data types
  • apply data shape transformations to tables

Configure incremental refreshes for data sources

  •  identify data sources that support incremental updates
  •  identify capabilities and limitations for scheduled refreshes
  •  configure scheduled refreshes and on-demand refreshes


MODULE 2 - Create customer profiles by unifying data (20-25%)

Implement mapping

  • select Customer Insights entities and attributes for matching
  • select attribute types

Implement matching

  • specify a match order for entities
  • define match rules
  • configure normalization options
  • differentiate between low, medium, high, exact, and custom precision methods
  • configure deduplication
  • run a match process and review results

Implement merges

  •  specify the order of fields for merged tables
  • combine fields into a merged field
  • separate fields from a merged field
  • exclude fields from a merge
  • run a merge and review results

Configure search and filter indexes

  • define which fields should be searchable
  • define filter options for fields
  • define indexes

Configure relationships and activities

  • create and manage relationships
  • create activities by using a new or existing relationship
  • manage activities


MODULE 3 - Implement AI predictions in Customer Insights (10-15%)

Configure prediction models

  • configure and evaluate the customer churn models, including the transactional churn and subscription churn models
  • configure and evaluate the product recommendation model
  • configure and evaluate the customer lifetime value model

Impute missing values by using predictions

  •  describe processes for predicting missing values
  •  implement the missing values feature

Implement machine learning models

  • describe prerequisites for using custom Azure Machine Learning models in Customer Insights
  • implement workflows that consume machine learning models
  • manage workflows for custom machine learning models


MODULE 4 - Configure measures and segments (15-20%)

Create and manage measures

  • describe the different types of measures
  • create a measure
  • create a measure by using a template
  • configure measure calculations
  • modify dimensions

Create segments

  • describe methods for creating segments, including blank segments
  • create a segment from customer profiles, measures, or AI predictions
  • find similar customers

Find suggested segments

  • describe how the system suggests segments for use
  • create a segment from a suggestion
  • configure refreshes for suggestions

Create segment insights

  • configure overlap segments
  • configure differentiated segments
  • analyze insights


MODULE 5- Configure third-party connections (10-15%)

Configure connections and exports

  • configure a connection for exporting data
  • create a data export
  • schedule a data export

Export data to Dynamics 365 Marketing or Dynamics 365 Sales

  • identify prerequisites for exporting data from Customer Insights
  • create connections between Customer Insights and Dynamics 365 apps
  • define which segments to export
  • export a Customer Insights segment into Dynamics 365 Marketing as a marketing segment
  • export a Customer Insights profile into Dynamics 365 Marketing for customer journey orchestration
  • export a Customer Insights segment into Dynamics 365 Sales as a marketing list

Display Customer Insights data from within Dynamics 365 apps

  •  identify Customer Insights data that can be displayed within Dynamics 365 apps
  •  configure the Customer Card Add-in for Dynamics 365 apps
  •  identify permissions required to implement the Customer Card Add-in for Dynamics 365 apps


MODULE 6 - Administer Customer Insights (5-10%)

Create and configure environments

  • identify who can create environments
  • differentiate trial and production environments
  • manage existing environments
  • describe available roles
  • configure user permissions and guest user permissions

Manage system refreshes

  • differentiate between system refreshes and data source refreshes
  • describe refresh policies
  • configure a system refresh schedule
  • monitor and troubleshoot refreshes


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