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Connect Microsoft Teams to Microsoft Copilot via MCP

Drive Microsoft Teams (chat + collaboration) via the Graph API: teams, channels, messages, members. 9 tools, OAuth2 Bearer auth (Microsoft Graph).

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Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams

Drive Microsoft Teams (chat + collaboration) via the Graph API: teams, channels, messages, members. 9 tools, OAuth2 Bearer auth (Microsoft Graph).

tools

9

Region

INTL

Category

Messaging

Authentication

Bearer Token

Required env vars

MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN
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Summary

Drive Microsoft Teams (chat + collaboration) via the Graph API: teams, channels, messages, members. 9 tools, OAuth2 Bearer auth (Microsoft Graph).

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Example prompts for Microsoft Teams

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💡 No install? Use cloud.anythingmcp.com directly. Sign in, click Connectors → Microsoft Teams, paste your credentials, mint an MCP API key — done. No Docker, no git clone, no local server.

Microsoft Teams + Microsoft Copilot

Drive Microsoft Teams (chat + collaboration) via the Graph API: teams, channels, messages, members. 9 tools, OAuth2 Bearer auth (Microsoft Graph).

Prerequisites

See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:

MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN

Step 1 — Get credentials

0 — Teams endpoints (learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/teams-api-overview).

Setup:

  1. Register an Azure AD app at https://portal.azure.com → App registrations.
  2. API permissions → Microsoft Graph → Delegated (or Application) → add: Team.ReadBasic.All, Channel.ReadBasic.All, ChannelMessage.Send, ChannelMessage.Read.All (write needs admin consent).
  3. Run OAuth2 to get an access token. Set MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN (shared with Microsoft Bookings adapter).

Authentication: Authorization: Bearer ${MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN}.

Teams hierarchy: Team → Channel → Message (+ replies). Each Team is also a Microsoft 365 Group.

…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)

Step 2 — Install the adapter

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d

Step 3 — Add the connector in Microsoft Copilot

Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide shows YOUR_SERVER_ID.

Microsoft Copilot uses MCP servers through agents built in Copilot Studio: you add AnythingMCP to an agent as a tool, then publish the agent to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams. Copilot Studio connects from Microsoft's cloud over Streamable HTTP, which AnythingMCP supports.

  1. In Copilot Studio, open your agent (or create one), go to Tools and choose Add a tool → New tool → Model Context Protocol.
  2. Enter a Server name (for example AnythingMCP), a Server description that says what the connector does, and the Server URL https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID. Copilot Studio uses the description to decide when to call the server.
  3. Under authentication, choose API key, set Type to Header and the header name to X-API-Key, then select Create.
  4. In Add tool, choose Create a new connection, paste an MCP API key from AnythingMCP (MCP Servers → your server → API keys) and select Add to agent.
  5. Try it in the agent's Test pane: ask for something that needs the Microsoft Teams tools.
  6. Select Publish, then Channels → Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams, keep Make agent available in Microsoft Copilot selected and choose Add channel. See agent in Teams installs it for you; in Microsoft 365 Copilot, type @ and pick the agent.

Prefer per-user sign-in? Choose OAuth 2.0 → Dynamic discovery instead of an API key: each user then signs in to AnythingMCP the first time the agent calls it.

Self-hosting? Use your instance's public HTTPS address instead of https://cloud.anythingmcp.com. Copilot Studio connects from Microsoft's cloud, so localhost does not work.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
microsoft_teams_list_joined_teamsList teams the authenticated user is a member of (for delegated auth) — returns id, displayName, description, internalId
microsoft_teams_get_teamGet a team by ID
microsoft_teams_list_channelsList channels in a team
microsoft_teams_get_channelGet a channel by ID
microsoft_teams_list_channel_messagesList recent messages in a channel
microsoft_teams_send_channel_messageSend a message to a channel
microsoft_teams_reply_to_messagePost a reply in a thread on a channel message
microsoft_teams_list_channel_membersList members of a channel
microsoft_teams_list_team_membersList members of a team

FAQ

Which Copilot is this for? Microsoft 365 Copilot at work, through agents built in Copilot Studio. The Microsoft Copilot app for personal accounts has no option to add your own MCP server.

What do I need? A work account with access to Copilot Studio (a license or a trial) to build the agent. People who use it in Microsoft 365 Copilot or Teams need access to the agent: share it with them, or ask an admin to publish it to the organization. If your organization applies data policies to Power Platform connectors, they cover MCP servers too.

The agent doesn't call the tools. Check that the header name is exactly X-API-Key and that the key belongs to the same MCP server as the URL, and make the server description specific: Copilot Studio uses it to decide when to call the server. Publish the agent again after each change; in an open chat, type "start over" to get the new version.

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