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description: Salesforce Connect lets your users view, search, and modify data that’s stored outside your Salesforce org. Instead of copying the data into standard or custom objects, use external objects to access the data in real time via web service callouts.
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# Access External Data With Salesforce Connect

Salesforce Connect lets your users view, search, and modify data that’s stored outside your Salesforce org. Instead of copying the data into standard or custom objects, use external objects to access the data in real time via web service callouts.

- **[Salesforce Connect](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.platform_connect_about.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Salesforce Connect provides seamless integration of data across system boundaries by letting your users view, search, and modify data that’s stored outside your Salesforce org. For example, perhaps you have data that’s stored on premises in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Instead of copying the data into your org, you can use external objects to access the data in real time via web service callouts.
- **[External Data Sources With Salesforce Connect](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.platform_connect_writable_external_objects.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Salesforce Connect uses external data sources to access data that's stored outside your Salesforce org. You must configure an external data source and synchronize it to map its tables with external objects in Salesforce.
- **[Salesforce Platform Features Supported by Salesforce Connect](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.platform_connect_considerations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Salesforce Connect provides seamless integration with the Salesforce Platform and enables users to view, search, and modify external object data.
- **[Access Data in Another Salesforce Org with the Cross-Org Adapter for Salesforce Connect](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.salesforce_connect_xorg.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Connect your users to data that's stored in another Salesforce org.
- **[Access External Data with OData Adapters for Salesforce Connect](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.salesforce_connect_odata.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Connect your users to data that's exposed via the Open Data Protocol.
- **[Access External Data with a Custom Adapter for Salesforce Connect](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.salesforce_connect_apex.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Connect your users to any data anywhere by developing your own custom adapter with the Apex Connector Framework.
- **[Access External Data with the Salesforce Connect Adapter for Amazon DynamoDB](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.salesforce_connect_dynamodb.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Connect your users to data that's stored in Amazon DynamoDB.
- **[Access External Data with the Salesforce Connect Adapter for SQL](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.salesforce_connect_athena.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Connect your users to external data sources that expose their capabilities via REST APIs and offer query and DML operations using SQL.
- **[Access External Data with the Salesforce Connect Adapter for GraphQL](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.salesforce_connect_graphql.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Connect your users to external data sources that expose their capabilities via GraphQL.
- **[Access External Data with the Salesforce Connect Adaptor for Salesforce Archive](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.salesforce_connect_archive.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Connect your users to data that’s stored in a Salesforce Archive data store.
- **[Access External Data with the Salesforce Connect Adapter for Privacy Center](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.salesforce_connect_privacy_center.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Connect your users to data that’s stored in a Privacy Center retention store.