How to connect Copilot to Gmail, OneDrive, and other services on Windows 11

• The Copilot app for Windows 11 can now integrate with other services, such as OneDrive, Outlook, Gmail, and Google Drive, using the Connectors feature.
• This allows you to use the chatbot to search files, emails, and contacts across services from a single interface.
• It’s rolling out gradually, and it’ll take some time to reach everyone.

On Windows 11, Microsoft has updated the Copilot app that introduces the new “Connectors” feature that allows the chatbot AI to connect with personal services like OneDrive, Outlook, Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts.

The idea is to allow Copilot to access your external services to make it easier to find files, emails, and other content more easily, no matter where they are located.

The company notes that initially, the feature is rolling out for devices enrolled in the Release Preview, Beta, Dev, and Canary Channels of the Windows Insider Program. Also, this release enables you to use natural language to search across the connected services.

In this guide, I’ll outline the steps to connect third-party services to Copilot on Windows 11.

Enable Copilot Connectors to link services on Windows 11

To connect the Copilot app with other third-party services, follow these steps:

1. Open the Copilot app.

2. Click the user profile icon and choose the Settings option.

3. Enable OneDrive, Outlook, Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, or Google Contacts under the “Connectors” section.

4. Continue with the on-screen directions.

Once you complete the steps, you can use natural language to search for files, emails, and contacts across the different services. For example, you can ask: What's the email address for Michael? or Find my school notes from last month.

It’s important to note that connectors are also available through the web version of Copilot, but the available services may be different.

In addition, in this release (version 1.25095.161.0 and higher), Microsoft is also introducing the ability to export content in more formats, including Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDFs, or PowerPoint presentations, and more.

You can always ask Copilot, Export this text to a Word document or Create an Excel file from this table, and Copilot will create the file for you.

These features are rolling out gradually to Insiders, meaning that it’ll take time for them to arrive for everyone. If you don’t see these features, you can check for updates from the Microsoft Store app using the “Downloads” section to make sure you have the latest version of the app.