Compared to the earlier version of Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations has taken a major leap in providing several automated test capabilities as part of the product.

The following diagram shows two concepts that are related to automated testing: various test cycles, targets, and the corresponding tools that are available in Finance and Operations for automation; and the reduction of automation test counts as you move up the pyramid:

As illustrated, different testing phases (left-hand side) have different targets and tools for automation testing (right-hand side). Overall, the following are the key tools/concepts:

• RSAT
• Acceptance Test Library (ATL)
• Data task automation (DTA)
• SysTest framework
• Task recorder-based testing
• PerfSDK

Let's look at these tools and concepts in detail as we go further.