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How do I connect SharePoint and OneDrive to ZeroTwo?

Connect SharePoint and OneDrive from Customize > Connectors so ZeroTwo can search, read and, if you allow it, change files in your sites and OneDrive.

Updated: 20 hours ago

The SharePoint connector lets ZeroTwo work with SharePoint sites, document libraries and OneDrive through your own Microsoft account. ZeroTwo works through your Microsoft permissions, so it can reach what you can reach. Because the connection asks for write access, it can also change files unless you block those tools.

What it can do

In the connector list it is described as "Summarize SharePoint sites and files, extract owners and status, and plan safe content updates." Its default tools fall into three groups. The live list is on the connector's page after you connect.

GroupWhat ZeroTwo can do
Find and readLook up your profile and a site, list a site's document libraries and a folder's contents, search documents, list recent documents and fetch a file.
ReviewList who has access to an item and list an item's earlier versions.
ChangeCreate folders, move, copy or delete items, upload or update a file's content, restore an earlier version, create a sharing link and invite people to an item.

Uploads and downloads stop at 50 MiB per file.

Permissions you approve

Microsoft's approval screen lists these permissions. Together they let ZeroTwo read and change the content you can reach in SharePoint and OneDrive:

  • Sites.Read.All and Sites.ReadWrite.All for SharePoint sites.
  • Files.Read.All and Files.ReadWrite.All for files.
  • User.Read to identify you, and offline_access so the connection lasts.

Depending on your organization's Microsoft settings, an administrator may have to approve these before the connection works. Microsoft still decides, item by item, what your account may open or change.

Connect SharePoint and OneDrive

  1. Select Customize in the left rail, then Connectors.
  2. Find SharePoint (some lists show it as "SharePoint & OneDrive") and select Connect.
  3. In the window headed "Use … in ZeroTwo", which names the connector, select Connect, sign in with Microsoft and approve the permissions.

You can also start from the Library: choose New, then Connect a plugin. A dialog titled "Connect your files" lists Google Drive, SharePoint, Box and Dropbox. Select the plus button beside SharePoint.

Use it in a conversation

In Chat mode ZeroTwo attaches SharePoint tools only when your latest message mentions SharePoint. Type @SharePoint in your message, for example "@SharePoint find the latest budget document". In Work mode ZeroTwo does not need a mention to reach your connected connectors.

Browse SharePoint from your Library

Once SharePoint is connected, it can also appear as a source named "SharePoint" in the Space sidebar and on the Library page. This is a web and desktop app feature. Open it to move from your sites to a site's document libraries, then to folders and files.

A file's three-dot menu offers Chat about this, Download, Rename, Move to..., Copy to…, Hide and Delete. An action is greyed out when it is not available for that item. A few rules apply:

  • Delete sends the item to Microsoft's recycle bin, and ZeroTwo reports "Moved to provider Trash".
  • Site and library roots cannot be renamed, moved or deleted.
  • Copies run in the background. If SharePoint is still working, ZeroTwo says "The provider is still processing this operation. Refresh to check its progress."
  • Shortcuts to items stored somewhere else are listed, but ZeroTwo cannot preview, download or change them from the Library.

The Library's settings menu has a switch for SharePoint if you want to hide the source without disconnecting.

Choose which tools ZeroTwo can use

Open the connector from the Installed row. Under Tool permissions the tools are grouped as Read-only tools and Write/delete tools, and each can be set to Always allow (the default), Needs approval or Blocked.

Because this connector can change and delete files, consider setting the Write/delete tools to Needs approval. Work mode then stops and asks before it acts, with choices that include Allow once, Allow for this run and Deny. Regular chat does not ask, so use Blocked for any tool you never want used there.

Reconnect or disconnect

If the connection expires, the connector's page shows "Connection issue" and a Connect button. To remove it, open the three-dot menu on its page and choose Disconnect; ZeroTwo deletes the connection and the tokens it saved. For the Teams side of Microsoft 365, see How do I connect Microsoft Teams to ZeroTwo?

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