This is a step-by-step course, not a wall of documentation. Each chapter covers one idea, in plain language, with a real-world comparison to anchor it — and tells you exactly what to read next. Work through a category top to bottom, or jump straight to the topic you need.
Follow these in order if you're starting from zero. Each one builds on the last.
What the platform actually is, how environments work, finding your way around the interface, and setting up your own developer environment. 5 chapters.
2Tables, columns, relationships, forms, views, searching, business rules, site map, process flows, and workflows — the building blocks of every Dynamics 365 CE solution. 11 chapters.
Business units, security roles, hierarchy security, teams, users, and field-level security — who can see and do what. 8 chapters.
4Walking through the Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service modules the way an end user actually experiences them. 4 chapters.
5Form scripting, the form context API, and building web resources for client-side customization. 5 chapters.
6Building external-facing, Dataverse-backed websites and customer self-service portals. 6 chapters.
The full path from "what is a plugin" to writing, signing, registering, and testing one yourself. 10 chapters.
The existing Web API, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI tutorials below will eventually be reorganized into chapters here too.
Once you've got the basics from the path above, these longer reference articles go further into each topic in a single read.
Security roles, business units, teams, sharing, solutions, and the sales/service process.
The plugin execution pipeline, sync vs. async, and patterns for reliable custom logic.
Querying and updating Dataverse with the Web API, FetchXML vs. QueryExpression.
When to choose canvas vs. model-driven, business rules and BPFs.
Cloud flow triggers, Dataverse and SharePoint automation, approvals.
Connecting to Dataverse, data modeling, DAX essentials.