MB-230 Extend Customer Service Practice Test 9 — 15 Questions

Question 1

You are implementing a custom action in a Power Automate flow that is triggered from a Customer Service case. The action must update a field on the case record and then post a message to the associated Teams channel. Which step should you include in the flow to update the case record?

Choose an answer to begin — your selection is scored in the full session.

Accepted Answer

Use the 'Update a record' action for the Case entity. To update a case record from a Power Automate flow, use the 'Update a record' action targeting the Case entity. This action allows you to specify the case ID and the fields to change. After updating, you can post to Teams using the appropriate Teams connector action.

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Use the 'Perform an unbound action' with a custom action name

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Use the 'Create a record' action for the Case entity

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Use the 'Update a record' action for the Account entity

Question 2

You are configuring a custom channel in Omnichannel for Customer Service. The channel must route incoming conversations to a specific queue based on the customer's preferred language, which is stored in a custom field on the Contact entity. You need to ensure the routing rule evaluates this field. What should you do first?

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Configure the workstream to use the custom field as a context variable and map it to the Contact entity.. To route based on a custom field on the Contact, you must expose that field to the routing engine by defining it as a context variable in the workstream and mapping it to the Contact entity. This allows the routing rule to evaluate the language preference and route the conversation to the appropriate queue. Without this mapping, the field is not available for routing decisions.

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Add the custom field to the Contact form and publish the customization.

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Modify the channel's inbound URL to include the language as a query parameter.

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Create a custom entity to store language preferences and link it to the Contact.

Question 3

You are a functional consultant for a customer service team using Dynamics 365 Customer Service. The team wants to allow agents to quickly view a customer's recent orders from an external ERP system directly within the Customer Service workspace. The external system exposes an OData endpoint. You need to implement this with minimal custom development. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Create a virtual entity that maps to the external OData endpoint and add it to the Customer Service workspace.. Virtual entities in Dynamics 365 allow you to integrate external data from OData sources without replicating it. By configuring a virtual entity, you can expose the ERP orders as a table that agents can view in the Customer Service workspace. This requires minimal code, mainly configuration, and provides real-time data access. Other options involve more custom development or data duplication.

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Use a Power Automate flow to periodically sync orders into a custom entity and display that entity in the workspace.

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Create an HTML web resource that embeds the OData feed and add it as a tab in the Customer Service workspace.

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Develop a custom PCF control that calls the OData endpoint and displays orders on the Account form.

Question 4

You are implementing a custom action in a Power Automate flow that is triggered from a Customer Service case. The action must update a field on the case record and then post a message to the associated Teams channel. Which step should you include in the flow to update the case record?

Choose an answer to begin — your selection is scored in the full session.

Accepted Answer

A custom action that includes steps to update the case and create a task, and is configured to be global.. A global custom action is the correct choice because it can be called from any entity and can contain multiple steps, such as updating the case and creating a task. It is reusable and can be triggered from workflows, business rules, or code. This meets the requirement of being reusable across multiple entities.

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A plug-in that registers on the escalation message and updates the case.

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A Power Automate flow that triggers on case escalation and performs the updates.

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A workflow that runs on the Case entity and creates a task.

Question 5

You are a functional consultant for a company using Dynamics 365 Customer Service. The company wants to create a custom entity to track customer feedback and associate it with cases. They need to ensure that the feedback entity can be used in the Customer Service Hub and that users can create feedback records directly from a case. What should you do first?

Accepted Answer

Create a 1:N relationship between the Case entity and the custom feedback entity.. To track feedback and associate it with cases, you must first create a relationship between the Case and the custom feedback entity. This relationship enables the association and allows feedback records to be linked to cases. Once the relationship exists, you can add the entity to the Customer Service Hub app and customize the Case form to include a subgrid for feedback. The relationship is the prerequisite for other configurations.

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Add the custom entity to the Customer Service Hub app.

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Enable the custom entity for Unified Routing.

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Customize the Case form to include a subgrid for the feedback entity.

Question 6

You are extending the Customer Service workspace by creating a custom session template. You need to ensure that the template includes a productivity tool that displays customer information from an external system and allows agents to interact with it. Which two actions must you perform? (Choose two.)

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Configure a productivity tool in the session template.. To include a productivity tool in a session template that displays external data, you must configure the productivity tool in the session template and create a web resource that integrates with the external system. The web resource is then referenced by the productivity tool. Other actions, such as adding to the Case form or registering in Unified Interface configuration, are not correct steps for this requirement.

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Add the web resource to the Case form.

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Register the web resource in the Unified Interface configuration.

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Add a custom control to the session template.

Question 7

A customer service manager wants to enable agents to quickly view a customer's recent orders from an external system while working on a case in Dynamics 365 Customer Service. The external system provides a REST API that returns order data in JSON format. The manager wants the order data to appear in a section on the Case form without navigating away. What should you implement?

Accepted Answer

An HTML web resource that calls the REST API and displays the order data.. An HTML web resource is the appropriate choice because it can be embedded on the Case form, call the external REST API using JavaScript, and display the order data in a section. This provides real-time visibility without navigating away. Other options either require data duplication, do not provide real-time display, or are not capable of calling external APIs. The web resource approach is standard for such integrations.

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A Power Automate flow that retrieves orders and creates notes on the case.

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A custom entity to store order data synced from the external system.

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A business rule that calls the REST API and populates fields on the Case form.

Question 8

You are a functional consultant for a company using Dynamics 365 Customer Service. The company wants to embed a custom canvas app inside the Case form to display real-time customer data from an external system. The canvas app must receive the case ID as a parameter and pass it to the external system. Which method should you use to pass the case ID to the canvas app?

Accepted Answer

Use the Param function in the canvas app and pass the case ID via the URL query string. Embedded canvas apps receive parameters via URL query strings. The Param function in Power Apps reads these values, allowing the app to use the case ID for external calls. This is the documented and supported method for passing context from a model-driven form to an embedded canvas app, ensuring the app can dynamically respond to the current record.

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Configure a Power Automate flow that triggers when the Case form loads and passes the case ID to the canvas app via a push notification

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Use the Dataverse connector in the canvas app to retrieve the current case record based on the user's context

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Use a JavaScript web resource to set a global variable that the canvas app reads via the ComponentFramework context

Question 9

You are a Dynamics 365 Customer Service functional consultant for Contoso, which uses Omnichannel for Customer Service. Contoso wants to display a custom control on the Case form that shows a customer's recent order history from an external system. The control must update automatically when the case's customer field changes, without requiring a full form reload. Which approach should you use?

Accepted Answer

Add a custom web resource (HTML/JS) to the form and use the formContext to listen for the customer field change event.. A custom web resource on the Case form can listen for the OnChange event of the customer field using formContext and then call an external API to update the displayed order history. This provides the dynamic, no-reload behavior required. Other options either do not support external calls, do not trigger on field change, or do not provide an interactive control.

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Create a Power Automate flow that triggers on case creation and writes order history into a note on the case.

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Use a Business Rule to call an external REST API and populate a field with order history.

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Configure a Virtual Entity that maps to the external order system and add it as a subgrid on the Case form.

Question 10

You are extending Dynamics 365 Customer Service by building a custom Power Apps component framework (PCF) control that will be used on the Account form to display a customer's recent cases. The control must fetch data from the Case entity using the Web API and display it in a grid. You need to ensure the control can retrieve the data and handle pagination. Which method should you use to fetch the data?

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context.webAPI.retrieveMultipleRecords. To fetch multiple case records for an account and handle pagination in a PCF control, you should use context.webAPI.retrieveMultipleRecords. This method supports querying multiple records with options for pagination, filtering, and sorting. Other methods either retrieve a single record, are not available in PCF, or are for creating records. The correct method ensures efficient data retrieval and display in a grid.

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Xrm.WebApi.retrieveMultipleRecords

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context.webAPI.retrieveRecord

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context.webAPI.createRecord

Question 11

You are configuring Omnichannel for Customer Service for a company that wants to automatically route chat conversations to agents based on the customer's product interest. The product interest is captured by a pre-chat survey question. Which component should you use to route the conversation to the appropriate queue?

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Routing rule. Routing rules in Omnichannel for Customer Service evaluate conditions such as pre-chat survey responses and route conversations to the appropriate queue. They are the decision-making component that enables conditional routing based on customer input. Workstreams define the channel and routing type, queues receive conversations, and the chat widget collects input, but none of these make the routing decision.

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Queue

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Workstream

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Chat widget

Question 12

You are a functional consultant for a company using Dynamics 365 Customer Service. The service team needs a custom control on the Case form that displays a list of similar resolved cases, allowing agents to quickly reference past resolutions. The control must be reusable across multiple entities and support configuration without writing code. Which type of Power Apps component framework (PCF) control should you create?

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A dataset PCF control. A dataset PCF control is specifically designed to display and interact with tabular data, such as a list of records, within a model-driven form. It can be bound to a view or subgrid and configured through the form designer, making it reusable across entities without code. This aligns with the requirement to show similar resolved cases and be easily configurable.

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A canvas app embedded in the form

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A field PCF control

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A web resource HTML control

Question 13

You are a functional consultant for a company using Dynamics 365 Customer Service. The support team wants a custom action on the Case form that, when clicked, creates a follow-up Phone Call activity and links it to the case, while pre-populating the subject with the case title. The action must be available to agents without leaving the case record. Which approach should you recommend?

Accepted Answer

Create a custom action (process) that creates a Phone Call record, sets its regarding field to the case, and sets the subject using the case title. Add a command bar button that calls this action.. A custom action (real-time workflow) invoked from the command bar is the correct approach because it runs server-side, can create a Phone Call record, set the regarding field to the case, and populate the subject from the case title. It provides a one-click experience for agents without leaving the case form. Other options either require manual steps, do not automatically link the activity, or trigger on unintended events.

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Create a JavaScript web resource that uses the Xrm.WebApi.retrieveRecord method to read the case and then Xrm.Navigation.openForm to open a new phonecall form with parameters.

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Configure a Power Automate cloud flow that triggers when a case is updated, and add a button to the form that manually triggers the flow using the Flow widget.

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Add a subgrid of Phone Call activities to the Case form and instruct agents to create a new phone call from the subgrid, manually setting the subject to the case title.

Question 14

You are extending a Dynamics 365 Customer Service environment by creating a custom channel integration using the Direct Line Bot Framework. You need to ensure that when a customer sends a message, the bot can retrieve the customer's case history from Dynamics 365 and include it in the response. Which component must you configure to allow the bot to access Dynamics 365 data securely?

Accepted Answer

An Azure AD application registration with appropriate API permissions to Dynamics 365, and configure the bot to authenticate using its client ID and secret.. The bot must authenticate to Dynamics 365 using an Microsoft Entra ID application registration with appropriate API permissions. This allows the bot to obtain an access token and call the Dynamics 365 Web API to retrieve case history. Other options either do not provide direct access, use unsupported authentication, or assume automatic access without configuration.

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A Power Virtual Agents bot that is natively integrated with Dynamics 365, using the built-in authentication without additional configuration.

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A custom connector in Power Automate that uses the Dynamics 365 connector with OAuth 2.0 authentication.

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A Dynamics 365 connection string stored in the bot's configuration file, using SQL authentication.

Question 15

A Dynamics 365 Customer Service organization uses Unified Routing. A developer needs to extend routing by calling an external AI service to determine the priority of incoming cases before they are routed to queues. The solution must minimize custom code and be maintainable within the Power Platform. What should the consultant implement?

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Create a custom routing rule with a Power Automate flow that calls the external AI service and sets a routing attribute.. Unified Routing allows custom routing rules that can call Power Automate flows. This is the recommended low-code extensibility point for integrating external services into the routing decision. The flow can call the AI service and return a value that sets a routing attribute, which the routing engine then uses to determine the queue and priority. This keeps the solution maintainable and within the Power Platform.

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Create a real-time workflow that triggers on case creation and calls the external AI service using a custom workflow activity.

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Write a plug-in registered on the Case entity's Create message that calls the external AI service and updates the case priority.

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Configure an assignment rule that uses a custom JavaScript web resource to call the AI service and set the priority.