Connect Microsoft Learn to Perplexity
Give Perplexity governed access to Microsoft Learn’s 3 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Microsoft Learn to Perplexity in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Perplexity then gets it through the same governed connection.
- 1
Approve Microsoft Learn in Runlayer
Add Microsoft Learn from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.
- 2
Connect Perplexity to Runlayer
Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Perplexity by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Perplexity reaches Microsoft Learn’s 3 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Perplexity setup guide - 3
Sign in to Microsoft Learn
Sign in the way Microsoft Learn requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Microsoft Learn from Perplexity
Microsoft Learn’s approved tools appear in Perplexity. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
3 Microsoft Learn tools in Perplexity
Runlayer policy decides which of these Perplexity users can call.
Code sample search
Search for code snippets in official Microsoft Learn documentation.
Docs fetch
Fetch complete content from a Microsoft documentation page and convert to markdown.
Docs search
Search official Microsoft/Azure documentation to find the most relevant and trustworthy content for a user's query.
Control
What Runlayer can see and stop in Perplexity
Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Perplexity exposes to Runlayer.
Gateway policy (available)
Every Microsoft Learn call from Perplexity passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.
Audit trail (available)
Each call is recorded with the user, Perplexity 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 Perplexity yet, so control happens at the gateway.
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