# Send WhatsApp message using Azure Communication Services

Azure Communication Services helps you to integrate communication into your applications. It supports various communication formats, such as

* Voice and Video
    
* Calling
    
* Rich Text Chat
    
* SMS
    
* Email
    

Azure Communication Services enables you to send and receive WhatsApp messages using the Azure Communication Services Messaging SDK. This SDK can be used to engage in conversation with a customer for product inquiry and customer service scenarios. It can also be used to send out messages like appointment reminders, shipping updates, two-factor authentication, and other notification scenarios. This feature is currently in public preview.

In this video, we perform a hands-on lab on creating "Azure Communication Services" resource in Azure Portal and sending messages to a WhatsApp account.

%[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLzm-gmc6e0] 

More information at [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/communication-services/overview#other-microsoft-communication-services](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/communication-services/overview#other-microsoft-communication-services)