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Federated Copilot Connectors (Generally Available) | Microsoft Copilot | Chasing Next

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June 2, 2026·Source

Federated Copilot Connectors (Generally Available)

Microsoft 365 Copilot can now pull live data from outside business systems through admin-approved connectors.

Details

Connects Microsoft 365 Copilot to outside business data sources and retrieves the information in real time, using a standard plug-in method called the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Available inside Microsoft 365 Chat, the Researcher agent, and Agent Mode in Excel
Admins discover, enable, disable, and manage the connectors from the Microsoft Admin Center, and can roll them out to a subset of users first

Best for

getting Copilot answers that draw on data sitting in third-party systems, not just your Microsoft files

When to use it

you need Copilot to reference up-to-date information from an outside tool your organization has connected

Who benefits

teams whose admins wire up outside data sources, so everyday users get richer answers in Chat and Excel

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