Question Financials API availability

Question

Hi...

Currently we have a legacy application that is already integrated with Business Central Financial Services with SOAP web services interface.

At this point we are migrating the legacy application to dotnet 8, and we have already integrated some new features with GRAPH API and the GRAPH SDK for dot.net that consume different graph resources (mail, sites, etc)

Since the soap interface will be discontinued in Business Central, we were going to re-implement the legacy components with the new interface, but we were wondering which API implementation should we use:

• There is a new official ODATA available for business central
• There is Microsoft Graph API with financial service resources

We would prefer to simplify integrations with Microsoft Graph as we have already integrated multiple resources, but for financial services it is still beta since a long time ago. And according to Microsoft it should not be used for production .

BETA DISCLAIMER

Does anybody has an estimation of the GA for the beta API resources?

Is it possible to use BETA API and SDK for financial services for production environments (not sandbox)?

Does anybody know if there is any risk other that the "stability" and possible breaks due to new releases?

Thanks and best regards.

Answer 1

For your current production environment, using the OData API is the safest and most stable choice. While the Microsoft Graph API provides a unified integration point and may eventually offer more streamlined features, it is not recommended for production use at this time due to its beta status. Keep an eye on Microsoft updates for any changes to the status of these APIs.