MB-335 retired on June 30, 2026
Microsoft retired the MB-335 exam, the Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Expert certification, and its renewal assessments on June 30, 2026. The exam can no longer be scheduled, taken, earned, or renewed. This page is kept for reference and study value.
The active path for supply chain functional consultants now runs through the Associate credential. If you were heading toward MB-335, start (or continue) with MB-330: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant.
Go to the MB-330 practice exam →Microsoft MB-335: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Expert
MB-335 was Microsoft’s expert-level Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management exam — focused on configuring products, production prerequisites, manufacturing methods, and production control. It retired on June 30, 2026. This page explains what the exam covered and points you to the active Associate path (MB-330) that now anchors the supply chain functional-consultant track.
Prepare with MB-330 instead →MB-335 exam at a glance (as it stood at retirement)
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Exam code
- MB-335
- Certification
- Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Expert
- Status
- Retired June 30, 2026 (exam, certification, and renewals). No longer available.
- Level
- Expert
- Blueprint
- Skills measured as of June 20, 2025 (final version before retirement)
- Prerequisite
- Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate (the MB-330 path)
- Passing score
- 700 of 1000
- Delivery (while active)
- Pearson VUE test center or online proctored
- Successor path
- The Associate credential (MB-330) is the current active certification for supply chain functional consultants
Sources: Microsoft — Exam MB-335 (retirement notice) · Microsoft — MB-335 study guide (skills measured as of June 20, 2025). Confirm the current Dynamics 365 certification path on Microsoft Learn.
About the MB-335 exam and its retirement
MB-335 was the expert-level exam for the Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Expert certification. It was aimed at senior supply chain functional consultants who design solutions and configure Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management for complex, manufacturing-heavy scenarios. Passing it required first holding the Associate certification — the MB-330 path — and the exam then went deep on production and manufacturing configuration rather than the broader operations covered at associate level.
Microsoft retired the exam, the certification, and its renewal assessments on June 30, 2026, as part of its ongoing Dynamics 365 and Business Applications certification portfolio review. If you were on the MB-335 path, the practical next step is to make sure your Associate credential is current via MB-330, and to watch Microsoft Learn for any replacement expert-level or specialty credential. For the underlying supply chain concepts, see the Dynamics 365 study guides in the Learning Hub.
What MB-335 measured (final skills-measured areas)
These are the five skills-measured areas from Microsoft’s final MB-335 study guide (as of June 20, 2025), with Microsoft’s published weight bands. Note how production- and manufacturing-centric the exam was — four of the five areas are about production. They remain a useful map of advanced Dynamics 365 SCM manufacturing topics even though the exam has retired.
Advanced product information (formula items, co-/by-products, catch weight, batches, compliance, hazardous materials), constraint-based product configuration models, and engineering change management.
Resources, routes, and calendars; production settings and processes; and costing (costing sheets, cost groups, costing versions, BOM/formula calculations, production variances).
Discrete manufacturing (production order lifecycle, picking lists, job/route cards, report-as-finished), process manufacturing (batch orders, co-/by-products, formulas), and lean manufacturing (value streams, kanban).
Subcontracting for discrete and process manufacturing, manufacturing execution (time and attendance, production floor execution), and production scheduling and capacity planning (finite/infinite, Gantt).
Rebate management and advanced master planning scenarios — intercompany planning, forecast models, demand forecasting, DDMRP, and the Planning Optimization add-in.
Source: Microsoft — MB-335 study guide, skills measured as of June 20, 2025. These weight bands are Microsoft’s published figures for the final version of the exam.
Where supply chain consultants should go now
With MB-335 retired, the active Microsoft credential for supply chain functional consultants is the Associate certification, earned through MB-330. Here is how that maps to who was pursuing MB-335:
- Consultants who hadn’t yet passed MB-335 should focus on earning or renewing the Associate certification via MB-330, which remains active and is the foundation the expert path was built on.
- Consultants who already hold the Expert certification keep it on their transcript per Microsoft’s retirement rules, but it can no longer be renewed after the retirement date — check Microsoft Learn for the current renewal guidance.
- Manufacturing-focused consultants can keep using the production, costing, and planning topics MB-335 covered as a study map, since those capabilities remain in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management even though the exam is gone.
- Teams planning certifications should watch Microsoft Learn for any replacement expert-level or specialty credential in the Dynamics 365 Business Applications portfolio.
For where Dynamics 365 supply chain roles lead, see the Dynamics 365 consultant career paths in the Career Hub.
Sample MB-335 practice questions (for reference)
These ten questions reflect the manufacturing and production topics MB-335 measured. The exam has retired, so they are provided for study reference — the same Dynamics 365 SCM capabilities are still testable in adjacent, active credentials. Each has a full explanation and a Microsoft documentation link.
A manufacturer with variable demand wants to position strategic inventory buffers at decoupling points rather than forecasting every SKU end to end. Which Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management capability supports this?
- Standard min/max coverage on every item
- Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP) with buffer profiles at decoupling points
- Manual reorder points maintained in a spreadsheet
- Disabling master planning entirely
Show answer & explanation
Correct: B — DDMRP with buffer profiles. DDMRP positions decoupling points and sizes buffers (red/yellow/green zones) so replenishment is driven by actual buffer consumption rather than end-to-end forecasting — exactly the strategic-buffer approach described.
Why not the others: blanket min/max (A) is the non-DDMRP approach the scenario is moving away from; spreadsheet reorder points (C) leave the system entirely; and disabling master planning (D) removes the capability rather than configuring it.
Source: Microsoft Learn — Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management → Further reading: PowerKram — DDMRP & master planning →A production planner needs the system to respect actual machine and labor capacity so that scheduled jobs never exceed available resource hours. Which scheduling configuration achieves this?
- Finite capacity scheduling
- Infinite capacity scheduling
- Manual scheduling with no capacity model
- Backflush costing
Show answer & explanation
Correct: A — finite capacity scheduling. Finite scheduling constrains job scheduling to the actual available capacity of resources, so operations are sequenced within real machine and labor limits rather than assuming unlimited capacity.
Why not the others: infinite scheduling (B) assumes unlimited capacity and can over-allocate; manual scheduling (C) provides no systematic capacity control; and backflush costing (D) is a costing mechanism, not a scheduling control.
Source: Microsoft Learn — production scheduling & capacity →A food manufacturer produces a base mix that yields both a primary product and a secondary sellable output from the same batch. How should this be modeled in Dynamics 365 process manufacturing?
- Two unrelated discrete production orders
- A formula with the primary item plus co-products and/or by-products
- A single BOM with no secondary outputs
- A purchase order for the secondary output
Show answer & explanation
Correct: B — a formula with co-products/by-products. Process manufacturing uses formulas that can define co-products (planned sellable secondary outputs) and by-products, so a single batch yields the primary item plus the secondary output with proper cost allocation.
Why not the others: two discrete orders (A) is the discrete-manufacturing model, not process; a single BOM with no secondary outputs (C) can’t represent the co-product; and a purchase order (D) would imply buying, not producing, the secondary output.
Source: Microsoft Learn — process manufacturing (co-/by-products) → Further reading: PowerKram — process manufacturing formulas →Finance needs standard costs for manufactured items, including material, labor, and indirect (overhead) costs, so that production variances can be analyzed. Which configuration supports applying indirect costs?
- Sales price groups
- Trade agreements
- Costing sheets with indirect cost nodes (surcharges/rates)
- Warehouse location profiles
Show answer & explanation
Correct: C — costing sheets with indirect cost nodes. The costing sheet defines how material and conversion costs roll up and adds indirect (overhead) costs as surcharges or rates, which is what enables full standard costing and variance analysis.
Why not the others: sales price groups (A) and trade agreements (B) concern selling/purchasing prices, not manufacturing cost roll-up; and warehouse location profiles (D) are a WMS setting.
Source: Microsoft Learn — costing sheets & indirect costs →A company sells configurable products where the customer chooses options that drive different components and pricing. Which Dynamics 365 capability models this without creating a separate product master for every combination?
- A separate released product for every possible variant
- A single non-configurable BOM
- A purchase agreement
- A constraint-based product configuration model
Show answer & explanation
Correct: D — a constraint-based product configuration model. Constraint-based configuration models use components, attributes, expressions/table constraints, and configuration-driven BOM lines and routes so one model generates valid configurations and pricing without a product master per combination.
Why not the others: a released product per variant (A) is the combinatorial explosion configuration avoids; a single non-configurable BOM (B) can’t vary by option; and a purchase agreement (C) is a procurement document.
Source: Microsoft Learn — product configuration models → Further reading: PowerKram — MB-330 (Associate) exam →On the shop floor, workers need to record material consumption and report finished quantities against a discrete production order from a mobile device. Which Dynamics 365 capability supports this?
- Only back-office batch entry after the shift
- Mobile device / production floor execution for start, report-as-finished, and material registration
- Manual paper travelers only
- Sales order picking
Show answer & explanation
Correct: B — mobile / production floor execution. Dynamics 365 supports starting jobs, registering material consumption, and reporting as finished from a mobile device and the production floor execution interface, giving real-time shop-floor feedback.
Why not the others: back-office-only entry (A) and paper travelers (C) are the manual approaches this replaces; and sales order picking (D) is an outbound logistics activity, not production reporting.
Source: Microsoft Learn — production floor execution →Part of a manufacturing route is performed by an external vendor who receives semi-finished goods and returns processed items. How is this outsourced operation modeled in Dynamics 365?
- As a subcontracting service on the route, with a purchase order and transfer of materials to the vendor
- As an internal work center with no vendor
- As a standard sales order to the vendor
- As a fixed asset acquisition
Show answer & explanation
Correct: A — subcontracting on the route with a PO and material transfer. Subcontracting models the outsourced operation as a service on the route, generating a purchase order for the vendor’s service and transferring the semi-finished materials to (and back from) the subcontractor.
Why not the others: an internal work center (B) doesn’t involve the external vendor; a sales order (C) reverses the direction; and a fixed asset acquisition (D) is unrelated to production operations.
Source: Microsoft Learn — subcontracting →A plant runs a lean, pull-based flow where replenishment is signaled as downstream stock is consumed. Which Dynamics 365 lean manufacturing constructs model this?
- MRP-only planning with no pull signals
- Value streams and production flows with kanban rules and kanban boards
- Discrete production orders released manually one at a time
- Fixed monthly production regardless of consumption
Show answer & explanation
Correct: B — value streams, production flows, and kanban. Lean manufacturing in Dynamics 365 uses value streams and production flows with kanban rules; kanban boards then manage the pull-based replenishment signaled by downstream consumption.
Why not the others: MRP-only (A) and fixed monthly production (D) are push approaches, not pull; and manually released discrete orders (C) are the discrete model, not lean pull.
Source: Microsoft Learn — lean manufacturing (kanban) → Further reading: PowerKram — lean manufacturing & kanban →An organization needs formal control over product design changes — versioned changes, approvals, and controlled release of engineering products to operating companies. Which capability provides this?
- Ad hoc edits to released products directly
- Trade agreement journals
- Engineering change management with change requests, change orders, and product release policies
- Warehouse work templates
Show answer & explanation
Correct: C — engineering change management. ECM provides an engineering product lifecycle with change requests and change orders, engineering categories and attributes, and product readiness/release policies to control how engineering products are versioned and released to companies.
Why not the others: ad hoc edits (A) are exactly the uncontrolled approach ECM prevents; trade agreement journals (B) handle pricing; and warehouse work templates (D) are a WMS construct.
Source: Microsoft Learn — engineering change management →A distributor negotiates vendor rebates based on purchase volumes over a period and needs the system to accrue, review, and post the rebate amounts. Which Dynamics 365 capability handles this?
- Rebate management with rebate parameters, reduction principles, and rebate processing/posting
- Standard purchase orders only
- Fixed asset depreciation
- Sales promotions in Commerce
Show answer & explanation
Correct: A — rebate management. Rebate management configures rebate parameters and reduction principles and then processes, reviews, and posts accrued rebates — the end-to-end handling the scenario requires.
Why not the others: plain purchase orders (B) don’t accrue rebates; fixed asset depreciation (C) is unrelated; and Commerce sales promotions (D) address the sell side, not vendor rebates.
Source: Microsoft Learn — rebate management → Further reading: PowerKram — MB-330 (Associate) exam →Keep going: the active Dynamics 365 path
MB-335 has retired, but Dynamics 365 supply chain certification continues through the Associate credential. Both PowerKram hubs back that path.
Deep dive: the retirement, the Associate path, and what MB-335 required
What retired, and when
Microsoft retired the MB-335 exam, the Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Expert certification, and its renewal assessments on June 30, 2026 (11:59 PM Central Standard Time). After that date the exam cannot be scheduled or taken, and the certification cannot be newly earned or renewed. Anyone who already holds the certification keeps it on their transcript per Microsoft’s standard retirement handling. Microsoft’s MB-335 retirement notice →
The Associate path is the active route
The expert certification always required the Associate certification first. With the expert tier retired, the Associate credential — earned via MB-330 — is the active certification for Dynamics 365 supply chain functional consultants. If you were mid-journey toward MB-335, the most useful thing you can do now is make sure your Associate credential is earned and current. PowerKram — MB-330 practice exam →
What MB-335 required (still a useful study map)
MB-335 was heavily production- and manufacturing-focused: advanced product information and constraint-based product configuration, engineering change management, resources/routes/calendars and costing, the three production methods (discrete, process, lean), production control (subcontracting, manufacturing execution, scheduling and capacity), and additional features like rebate management and advanced master planning including DDMRP. Those capabilities all still exist in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, so the topic map remains valuable even though the exam is gone. Microsoft — final MB-335 study guide →
Watch for a replacement credential
Microsoft periodically restructures its Dynamics 365 and Business Applications certification portfolio; expert-level and specialty credentials are added and retired as roles evolve. If your team needs an advanced supply chain credential beyond the Associate level, monitor Microsoft Learn’s Dynamics 365 certification list for any successor to the retired expert certification. Career Hub — Dynamics 365 consultant roles →
Frequently asked questions
Is the MB-335 exam still available?
No. Microsoft retired the MB-335 exam, the Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Expert certification, and its renewal assessments on June 30, 2026. The exam can no longer be scheduled, taken, earned, or renewed.
What should I take instead of MB-335?
Focus on the active Associate credential for Dynamics 365 supply chain functional consultants, earned via MB-330. It was the prerequisite for the retired expert certification and remains the current route. Watch Microsoft Learn for any replacement expert-level or specialty credential.
I already passed MB-335. Do I lose the certification?
No. Under Microsoft’s standard retirement handling, a certification you already earned stays on your transcript. However, it can no longer be renewed after the retirement date, so check Microsoft Learn for the current renewal and transcript guidance.
What did MB-335 cover?
Its final skills-measured areas were: Configure products (20-25%), Configure production prerequisites (20-25%), Implement production methods (20-25%), Configure and manage production control (15-20%), and Implement additional supply chain management features (10-15%). It was a manufacturing- and production-heavy expert exam.
Why does this page still exist if the exam is retired?
It is kept as a reference: to confirm the retirement, correct out-of-date information circulating about the exam, map the topics MB-335 covered (which are still relevant in Dynamics 365), and point candidates to the active MB-330 Associate path.
MB-335 has retired — keep your Dynamics 365 path moving
The Associate certification (MB-330) is active and is the foundation MB-335 was built on. Prepare with the full PowerKram engine: both study modes, source-linked explanations, and score-by-area. No credit card required.
Go to the MB-330 practice exam →