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Set up the Dropbox service for Dropbox Microsoft 365 Copilot connector ingestion

The Dropbox connector for Microsoft 365 Copilot allows your organization to index Dropbox content—including team folders, shared folders, private folders, and Dropbox Paper documents—and surface the content in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Search experiences. This article provides information about the configuration steps that Dropbox admins need to complete in order for your organization to deploy the Dropbox connector.

For information about how to deploy the connector, see Deploy the Dropbox connector.

Setup checklist

The following checklist lists the steps involved in configuring the environment and setting up the connector prerequisites.

Task Role
Set up a team admin user Dropbox admin
Configure a Dropbox app Dropbox admin
Add redirect URIs Dropbox admin
Add API scopes Dropbox admin
Get app key and app secret Dropbox admin

Set up a team admin user

Create a Dropbox Business account and assign a team admin user. This account is used to authorize the connector.

Configure a Dropbox app

To configure a Dropbox app:

Screenshot of the Create app button in the Dropbox developer portal.

  • Configure the app with:

    • A unique app name
    • Scoped access
    • Full Dropbox access permissions

Screenshot of the app configuration fields.

For more information, see Getting started with Dropbox.

Add redirect URIs

In the OAuth 2.0 section of the Dropbox App Console, add the following URLs:

  • For Microsoft 365 Enterprise: https://gcs.office.com/v1.0/admin/oauth/callback
  • For Microsoft 365 Government: https://gcsgcc.office.com/v1.0/admin/oauth/callback

Screenshot of the Redirect URIs field.

Add API scopes

Go to the Permissions tab and add the following API scopes:

Individual scopes

  • files.metadata.read
  • files.content.read
  • sharing.read
  • file_requests.read

Team scopes

  • team_info.read
  • team_data.member
  • team_data.governance.write
  • team_data.governance.read
  • team_data.content.read
  • files.team_metadata.read
  • members.read
  • groups.read
  • events.read

Screenshot of the permissions tab.

Get app key and app secret

From the Settings tab in the Dropbox App Console, copy the app key and app secret. These credentials are required for connector authentication.

Next step

Deploy the Dropbox connector

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