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Connect Box to Microsoft 365 Copilot

Give Microsoft 365 Copilot governed access to Box’s 35 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Box to Microsoft 365 Copilot in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Microsoft 365 Copilot then gets it through the same governed connection.

  1. 1

    Approve Box in Runlayer

    Add Box from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.

  2. 2

    Connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to Runlayer

    Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Microsoft 365 Copilot by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Microsoft 365 Copilot reaches Box’s 35 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.

    Microsoft 365 Copilot setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Box

    Each user signs in to Box with OAuth. Runlayer keeps the tokens out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use Box from Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Box’s approved tools appear in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

35 Box tools in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Runlayer policy decides which of these Microsoft 365 Copilot users can call. 11 read data only.

  • Add items to hub

    Adds files, folders, or web links to a specific hub, enabling content organization within collaborative workspaces.

  • Copy file

    Copies an existing file to a destination folder in Box (see Box API Copy file).

  • Copy folder

    Copies an existing folder to a destination parent folder in Box (see Box API Copy folder).

  • Copy hub

    Creates a copy of an existing Box Hub via the Hubs v3 API (POST /v3/hubs/{id}:copy).

  • Create file comment

    Creates a new comment on a specific file.

  • Create folder

    Creates new folders in Box.

  • Create hub

    Creates new collaborative hubs for organizing content around specific topics, projects, or teams.

  • Create metadata template

    Creates a new enterprise metadata template.

See all 35 Box tools

Control

What Runlayer can see and stop in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Microsoft 365 Copilot exposes to Runlayer.

  • Gateway policy (available)

    Every Box call from Microsoft 365 Copilot passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.

  • Audit trail (available)

    Each call is recorded with the user, Microsoft 365 Copilot as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.

  • Managed browser extension (available)

    Managed Chrome, Edge, and Firefox deployments can monitor supported web-chat activity and apply prompt-time controls where the surface permits it.

  • Native enforcement adapter (not available)

    Runlayer has no device-side adapter for Microsoft 365 Copilot yet, so control happens at the gateway.

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