Connecting to Business Central in the cloud
In the previous chapter, we talked about connecting to BC using APIs and Postman. There is also another option for connecting to BC in the cloud. When we were doing the previous exercise, you may have noticed that, when we were in Azure Active Directory and setting up permissions for the application, there was an enterprise application called Graph Explorer. This is another way to connect to BC in the cloud. See Figure 3.2:
Figure 3.2 – Microsoft Azure Active Directory – the Enterprise applications screen
Microsoft Graph is a powerful tool that allows developers to create custom applications that integrate with different Microsoft services, such as Microsoft 365, Azure Active Directory, and more. It serves as a central hub or endpoint that gives us access to a wide range of data and functionality across these services.
With Microsoft Graph, we can tap into user data, such as emails, calendars...