# Working with Amazon DMS endpoints
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An endpoint provides connection, data store type, and location information about your data store. Amazon Database Migration Service uses this information to connect to a data store and migrate data from a source endpoint to a target endpoint. You can specify additional connection attributes for an endpoint by using endpoint settings. These settings can control logging, file size, and other parameters; for more information about endpoint settings, see the documentation section for your data store. 

Following, you can find out more details about endpoints.

**Topics**
+ [Creating source and target endpoints](CHAP_Endpoints.Creating.md)
+ [Sources for data migration](CHAP_Source.md)
+ [Targets for data migration](CHAP_Target.md)
+ [Configuring VPC endpoints for Amazon DMS](CHAP_VPC_Endpoints.md)
+ [DDL statements supported by Amazon DMS](CHAP_Introduction.SupportedDDL.md)
+ [Advanced endpoint configuration](CHAP_Advanced.Endpoints.md)