Copilot Studio

How to use Microsoft Outlook Mail with Copilot Studio

You want Microsoft Outlook Mail inside Copilot Studio so it can triage a backlogged inbox, draft replies without sending them, find and organize important attachments, and manage a shared support mailbox — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.

Create your Microsoft Outlook Mail gateway

The gateway is the thing Copilot Studio connects to, and it is where you decide which Microsoft Outlook Mail tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.

Create an Arcade account

Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.
Create an MCP Gateway and select your Microsoft Outlook Mail tools

In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the Microsoft Outlook Mail tools you want to expose. The gateway is what your client connects to, and it is where tool access is decided.
Copy your gateway URL

Every client below needs it.
```
https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>
```

Create a Microsoft Outlook Mail gateway Opens the gateway builder in your Arcade dashboard.

Connect the gateway to Copilot Studio

Heads up

Needs a Microsoft 365 subscription with access to Copilot Studio, plus an Arcade API key.

Add an MCP tool to your agent

In Copilot Studio, open your agent → Tools → Add a tool → Model Context Protocol → New tool.
Point it at your gateway

Give the server a name and description, put your gateway URL in Server URL, set Authentication to OAuth 2.0 and Type to Dynamic discovery.
Authorize and try it out

Saving redirects you to Arcade to approve access. Then start a conversation and use your Microsoft Outlook Mail tools — Arcade authorizes each service just in time.

Full Copilot Studio guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13

Try these Outlook prompts

Copilot Studio can now act on your Microsoft Outlook Mail account. Click a prompt to copy it.

Control whether an agent can read, draft, send, or move mail, and limit access to a user's or shared mailbox. Pair it with Contextual Access policies so sending messages or moving a selection of emails can require approval.

How to use Microsoft Outlook Mail with Copilot Studio

Create your Microsoft Outlook Mail gateway

Create an Arcade account

Create an MCP Gateway and select your Microsoft Outlook Mail tools

Copy your gateway URL

Connect the gateway to Copilot Studio

Add an MCP tool to your agent

Point it at your gateway

Authorize and try it out

Try these Outlook prompts

Ready to actually ship your agent?