# Activity

> **Activities** illustrate sending information to an external system or application, without pausing the process while waiting for a response. You can configure it to use activities from **Microsoft 365**, **Google Workspace**, **Integration Services**, or other suitable activity packages.
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The **Activity** corresponds to the **Send Task** element in BPMN.
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**Activities** illustrate sending information to an external system or application, without pausing the process while waiting for a response. You can configure it to use activities from **Microsoft 365**, **Google Workspace**, **Integration Services**, or other suitable activity packages.
:::note
The **Activity** corresponds to the **Send Task** element in BPMN.
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The **Activity** is recommended for sending notifications or updating external systems.

![docs image](https://dev-assets.cms.uipath.com/assets/images/activities/activities-docs-image-523392-00e33333.webp)

## Properties

Display name : The name of the **Send Task** activity as you want it to be displayed on the **Long Running Workflow** canvas.

Private : If selected, the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level.

## Managing the Activity

To add the sending of information to an external application to your process:

1. Add the **Activity** to your canvas.
2. This will open command palette listing available activities. You can use activities from **[Microsoft 365](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/other/latest/productivity/about-the-microsoft-office-365-activities-pack)**, **[Google Workspace](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/other/latest/productivity/about-google-gsuite-activities)**, **[Integration Services](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/other/latest/integration-service/about-the-integration-service-activities)**, or other suitable packages.
3. Select the desired activities and configure their properties as needed.