Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 allows you to exchange messages using various transport protocols. This is enabled by the use of adapters. An adapter has an adapter type that determines if it can be used on an inbound port, an outbound port, or both. The standard adapter types that are used are send and receive, receive or send, and receive and respond. The naming of these types is rather confusing, but the following table shows how this translates to inbound or outbound ports:

Adapters also have an address property. This address is a URI that refers to the destination or source location of the port. Depending on the adapter, this is a URL, a filesystem...