BTP Destinations — Best Practices

Primary reference: https://help.sap.com/docs/connectivity/sap-btp-connectivity-cf/destinations Authentication methods: https://help.sap.com/docs/btp/btp-admin-guide/destination-authentication-methods CAP + destinations: https://cap.cloud.sap/docs/guides/using-services#btp-destinations

Destinations are part of SAP BTP Connectivity and are used for communication between a cloud application and a remote system. They're resolved at runtime based on their symbolic names. For user token exchange, use the OAuth2JWTBearer authentication method when possible — OAuth2UserTokenExchange needs a two-step mechanism to achieve the same resolution. Avoid BasicAuthentication and OAuth2Password in production environments, though they work well for test environments.

Authentication types — when to use what