Connect Microsoft Word to Microsoft 365 Copilot
Give Microsoft 365 Copilot governed access to Microsoft Word’s 4 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Microsoft Word 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.
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Approve Microsoft Word in Runlayer
Add Microsoft Word from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.
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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 Microsoft Word’s 4 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Microsoft 365 Copilot setup guide - 3
Sign in to Microsoft Word
Each user signs in to Microsoft Word with OAuth. Runlayer keeps the tokens out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Microsoft Word from Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft Word’s approved tools appear in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
4 Microsoft Word tools in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Runlayer policy decides which of these Microsoft 365 Copilot users can call.
Add comment
Add a new comment in the Word document.
Create document
Create a new Word document in the root of the user's OneDrive.
Get document content
Fetch the raw Word document (DOCX) content from OneDrive/SharePoint given its SharePoint sharing URL.
Reply to comment
Reply to a comment in the Word document.
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 Microsoft Word 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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