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# Access External Data with the Salesforce Connect Adapter for SQL

Connect your users to external data sources that expose their capabilities via REST APIs and offer query and DML operations using SQL.

- **[Salesforce Connect SQL Adapter for Amazon Athena](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.athena_adapter_about.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Provide your users access to Amazon Athena’s capability to analyze data directly in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and integrate AWS-hosted data in Salesforce applications.
- **[Salesforce Connect SQL Adapter for Snowflake](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.snowflake_sql_adapter_about.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Query structured data stored in Snowflake and combine it with the customer 360-degree view captured in Salesforce.
- **[Considerations for Salesforce Connect Adapters for SQL](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.snowflake_considerations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Understand the special behaviors, limits, and recommendations for using the Salesforce Connect adapters for SQL.