Connect Microsoft Outlook to Perplexity
Give Perplexity governed access to Microsoft Outlook’s 37 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Microsoft Outlook to Perplexity in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Perplexity then gets it through the same governed connection.
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Approve Microsoft Outlook in Runlayer
Add Microsoft Outlook from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.
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Connect Perplexity to Runlayer
Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Perplexity by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Perplexity reaches Microsoft Outlook’s 37 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Perplexity setup guide - 3
Sign in to Microsoft Outlook
Sign in the way Microsoft Outlook requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Microsoft Outlook from Perplexity
Microsoft Outlook’s approved tools appear in Perplexity. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
37 Microsoft Outlook tools in Perplexity
Runlayer policy decides which of these Perplexity users can call. 6 read data only and 2 can change or delete data.
Create draft
Create a new Outlook draft message in the Drafts folder without sending it.
Create reply draft
Create an editable Reply or Reply-All draft attached to an existing Outlook thread.
Delete attachment
Delete an attachment from an Outlook message or draft.
Delete message
Delete a message from an Outlook mailbox.
Download attachment
Download the content of a specific attachment from an Outlook message.
Forward message
Forward an existing Outlook message to one or more recipients.
Get attachments
List all attachments on an Outlook message, returning metadata but not file content.
Get message
Fetch the full content of a single Outlook message by id, headers and body included.
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 Outlook 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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