Explore Microsoft Graph connectors
Copilot for Microsoft 365, amplified by Microsoft Graph Connectors, enhances your Microsoft 365 experience by seamlessly pulling in data and services from external sources. At its core, Microsoft Graph acts as the data fabric powering these smart interactions, while the Microsoft Search API lets users tap into this pool of data and intelligence.
Copilot for Microsoft 365 expertly handles the native apps and data within Microsoft 365. However, many users still lean on various external platforms for their daily tasks and team collaboration. To bridge this gap, there's a pressing need to weave the Microsoft 365 framework with essential enterprise applications and other software solutions routinely used, such as:
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications
- Customer resource management (CRM) applications
- Intranet applications
- Wikis
- Blogs
- Social networking sites
To address this gap, organizations can enhance Copilot's capabilities by connecting their third-party tools and services. This augmentation can be achieved by linking to an external data source through pre-existing Microsoft Graph connectors or by custom-made Microsoft Graph connectors.
Microsoft Graph Connectors
Microsoft Graph connectors offer an intuitive way to bring data from external services into Microsoft Graph and the semantic search index. Doing so enables external data to power Microsoft 365 intelligent experiences such as Microsoft Search. With Microsoft Graph connectors, the data you bring in from your organization can be discoverable in the following experiences:
- Microsoft Search
- Context IQ in Outlook on the web (preview)
- Copilot for Microsoft 365 (limited preview)
- Microsoft 365 app (formerly known as Office.com)
The connectors currently available from Microsoft and its partners enable organizations to connect to popular Microsoft and non-Microsoft services. Examples of existing connectors include Azure services, Box, ServiceNow, Salesforce, Google services, and MediaWiki.
For a complete list of connectors along with brief descriptions, visit the Microsoft Graph connectors gallery.
Copilot for Microsoft 365 extensibility in action
The following short video shows how you can seamlessly integrate skills into Copilot for Microsoft 365 using plugins. It also shows how to tap into Microsoft Graph connectors to channel data into the Semantic Index for Copilot: