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How do I connect Claude to Microsoft 365 and my SharePoint files?

Overview

Turn on the Microsoft 365 connector and Claude can use your Outlook email and calendar, Teams messages, and SharePoint and OneDrive documents. To have Claude read and edit files in a SharePoint folder, add a shortcut to that folder in your OneDrive, then turn on the Filesystem connector in the Claude desktop app.

Steps

Connect Microsoft 365

  1. In Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors (claude.ai/customize/connectors (opens in a new tab)). Find Microsoft 365 and click Connect.

  2. Sign in with your Syracuse Microsoft account (netid@syr.edu). You land back in Claude with Microsoft 365 connected.

  3. In a chat, click +, then Connectors, and turn on Microsoft 365.

Let Claude edit your SharePoint files

  1. Check that OneDrive is syncing on your computer: you should see OneDrive - Syracuse University in File Explorer or Finder. If you don't, set up OneDrive sync (opens in a new tab) and sign in with your Syracuse account.

  2. Open the SharePoint folder in your browser and click Add shortcut to OneDrive (or Add shortcut to My files). The folder now shows up inside OneDrive - Syracuse University on your computer.

  3. In the Claude desktop app, find Filesystem in the connector list, then install it and turn it on. No desktop app yet? See How do I get Claude?.

  4. In the Directory path box, paste your OneDrive folder's location on your computer, usually C:\Users\YourName\OneDrive - Syracuse University on Windows or ~/OneDrive - Syracuse University on a Mac (~ is your home folder). Click Save.

Which connector does what

Microsoft 365 Filesystem
Outlook email, calendar and Teams Yes No
SharePoint and OneDrive files Yes Only the folders you give it
Claude can Search, read, send and update Find by name, read, edit and create
  • Filesystem works only in the Claude desktop app, not in the browser.
  • Filesystem can't delete files, search across all SharePoint sites or reach your Outlook calendar.
  • Microsoft 365 can also draft and send email, manage calendar events, upload and update SharePoint files, and send Teams messages. ITS has turned these write tools on; you can turn any of them off in Tool permissions (see below).

Additional information

  • Filesystem can use one shortcut folder or your whole OneDrive, and you can add more than one folder.
  • To choose which Microsoft 365 tools Claude can use, such as keeping document search but turning off email, go to Customize, then Connectors, click Microsoft 365 and use Tool permissions.
  • ITS has already turned on some other connectors, and you turn them on the same way. New ones need ITS approval before you can use them.

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