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title: "Endpoints"
slug: "bc-endpoints"
tags: ["BC", "BIS", "Business Central", "Business Integration Solutions", "Concept", "Task"]
updated: 2026-06-25T07:35:49Z
published: 2026-06-25T09:59:17Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/bc-endpoints"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Endpoints

An endpoint is a specialized activity for reading from or writing to an external place.

An endpoint is a communication point with the external world. Endpoints are either active or passive. An active endpoint starts manually or with a batch. It requests information from the external system and processes it in a connection. A passive endpoint waits for an external system to post information on it, which the connection then processes.

Two types of endpoints exist:

- **Reader endpoints**: These endpoints receive or read information from an external system, convert it into a message, and trigger the next activity in the connection.
- **Writer endpoints**: These endpoints write information to an external system.

The following table provides links to and descriptions of the topics in this section:

| To | See |
| --- | --- |
| Learn about the endpoint used to read files asynchronously from Azure File Storage | [ASYNCAZFILEREADER endpoint](/business-central/docs/bc-async-azure-file-reader-endpoints) |
| Learn about the endpoint used to read files from Azure File Storage | [AZFILEREADER endpoint](/business-central/docs/bc-azure-file-reader-endpoints) |
| Learn about the endpoint used to write files to Azure File Storage | [AZFILEWRITER endpoint](/business-central/docs/bc-azure-file-writer-endpoints) |
| Learn about the endpoint used to send web requests | [WEBSERVICEENDPOINT activity](/business-central/docs/bc-webserviceendpoint-activity-endpoints) |
| Learn about the endpoint used to read files from a network share | [FILEREADER endpoint](/business-central/docs/bc-filereader-endpoint) |
| Learn about the endpoint used to write into a network share | [FILEWRITER endpoint](/business-central/docs/bc-filewriter-endpoint) |
| Learn about the endpoint used to read files from an FTP location | [FTPREADER endpoint](/business-central/docs/bc-ftpreader-endpoint) |
| Learn about the endpoint used to write into an FTP location | [FTP WRITER endpoint](/business-central/docs/bc-ftp-writer-endpoint) |
| Learn about the endpoint used to send notifications using the default email client | [OUTLOOKWRITER endpoint](/business-central/docs/bc-outlookwriter-endpoint) |
| Learn about the endpoint used to send notifications using SMTP | [SMTPWRITER endpoint](/business-central/docs/smtpwriter-endpoint) |
| Learn about the endpoint used to read files from SQL Server | [SQLREADER endpoint](/business-central/docs/sqlreader-endpoint) |
| Learn about the endpoint used to write into SQL Server | [SQLWRITER endpoint](/business-central/docs/sqlwriter-endpoint) |
| Learn about the endpoint used to send web requests | [WEBSERVICE endpoint](/business-central/docs/bc-webserviceendpoint-activity) |
| Learn about the TIE Kinetix integrated endpoint | [TIE Kinetix endpoint](/business-central/docs/bc-tie-kinetix-endpoint) |

## Related

- [Setting up endpoints](/bc-setting-up-endpoints.md)