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title: "EDI Studio"
slug: "bc-edi-studio"
description: "Streamline your business processes with STAEDEAN EDI Studio for efficient electronic document exchange in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central."
tags: ["BC", "BIS", "Business Central", "Business Integration Solutions", "Task"]
updated: 2026-06-25T09:59:07Z
published: 2026-06-25T09:59:07Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/bc-edi-studio"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.staedean.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# EDI Studio

> [!NOTE]
> EDI Studio is available both on premise and on AppSource.

STAEDEAN EDI Studio supports your business processes by enabling the exchange of transactional data messages. Whether you need to support a multi-company or multi-site implementation, or want to implement EDI Studio with your business partners, EDI Studio helps you manage the flow of information efficiently. The solution facilitates the exchange of almost Anywhere Mobility Solutions business-related document, including purchase and sales documents, service orders, warehouse transactions, and others.

Companies across many industries have used EDI Studio for many years in various formats. Typical applications include purchase orders, acknowledgements, pricing schedules, order status inquiries, shipping and receiving scheduling and confirmation, invoices, and payments. EDI Studio is essentially electronic, paperless contracting between two commercial parties.

![Connecting Supply Chain](https://cdn.document360.io/da662430-6a41-47b1-8c7e-7e4ac37a9756/Images/Documentation/BIS_ConnectingSupplyChain.png)

The following parties can be involved in EDI Studio projects:

- **Customer:** The enterprise running Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central that wants to use EDI Studio for communication with its partners.
- **Business Partner:** The partners of the customer, who state external requirements on EDI Studio communication, such as EDI Studio messages to support, formats to use, communication ports to use, and contracts with various clauses.
- **Partner:** The Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central implementation partner of the customer, responsible for implementing the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central software and the EDI Studio integrations.
- **EDI Studio Partner:** The EDI Studio middleware provider, specialized in EDI Studio message formats and reliable delivery, but not necessarily knowledgeable about the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central application.
- **STAEDEAN:** An ISV that delivers EDI Studio, an integration product for electronic document exchange.

The following flow diagram shows the general architecture when using STAEDEAN EDI Studio to generate from and process EDIFACT documents into D365 BC:

![General Architecture (EDI)](https://cdn.document360.io/da662430-6a41-47b1-8c7e-7e4ac37a9756/Images/Documentation/BIS_EDIGeneralArchitecture.png)

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> The only third party that needs to be involved in the process is the EDI Studio middleware provider.

## Related

- [Business Integration Solutions](/bc-business-integration-solutions.md)
- [Business Integration Solutions overview](/bc-bis-overview.md)
- [EDI Studio walkthrough](/bc-edi-studio-walkthrough.md)