Some Business Central systems must communicate with other software or even with hardware. Sometimes, that communication is Inside-Out (that is, initiated by Business Central) and sometimes, it is Outside-In (that is, initiated by the outside connection). It's not unusual for system-to-system communications to be a two-way street, a meeting of peers. To supply, receive, or exchange information with other systems (hardware or software), we will need at least a basic understanding of the interface tools that are part of Business Central.
Business Central has a number of methods of interfacing with the world outside its database. We will review those very briefly here. To learn more about these, we should begin by reviewing...