Endpoints for the APIs for Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Premises and online

Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises and online expose an API that makes it possible to integrate with other services. To enable integration with these APIs, you must go through a few steps to enable the access first. For more information about these steps, see Enabling APIs for Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Accessing the endpoint

Once you have the API access enabled, you can write code that integrates your web service or SaaS solution with Dynamics 365 Business Central. Creating your integration through an API provides simple access to the supported functionality in a single endpoint, giving you a simplified experience for creating a single app with integrations across multiple Microsoft products.

Dynamics 365 Business Central

Means of connection	Microsoft Graph	Common endpoint service	Direct tenant
Usage	Production	Production	Rapid development and testing only
Endpoint	https:// graph.microsoft.com /businesscentral/beta/	https:// api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/ v1.0/api/beta Sandbox: https:// api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/ v1.0/sandbox/api/beta	https:// api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/ v1.0/<user domain name>/api/beta Example: https:// api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/ v1.0/cronus.com/api/beta Sandbox example: https:// api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/ v1.0/cronus.com/sandbox/api/beta
Availability	Always enabled	Always enabled	Always enabled
Authentication	Azure Active Directory (AAD)	Azure Active Directory (AAD)	Basic authentication. Username and web service access key as password.
API/Data access	Based on user's permissions	Based on user's permissions	Based on user's permissions
API update cycle	Monthly	Monthly	Monthly
Development instance	Sign up for a tenant	Sign up for a tenant	Sign up for a tenant

Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Prem

Means of connection	Direct Installation
Usage	Production
Endpoint	OData base URL in installation: https:// <base URL>:<port>/v1.0/api/<API version>/ Example: https:// nav.contoso.com:7048/ v1.0/api/beta/ Must be exposed through a firewall.
Availability	Disabled by default. Must be enabled by the administrator.
Authentication	Basic authentication. Username and web service access key as password. Your solution must be configured to use NavUserPassword or AccessControlService authentication in order to configure Dynamics NAV user accounts to include an access key.
API/Data access	Based on user's permissions
API update cycle	Hotfixes installed by partner
Development instance	Get Docker instance

See Also

API Documentation
Developing Connect Apps for Dynamics 365 Business Central
Configuring Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server 2018
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web Services Overview