What it can do

You talk to your assistant. These are the things it can do in your mailbox once it is connected.

Last updated 11 September 2026

Outlook MCP gives your assistant 46 tools. You never call them yourself — you ask for what you want in your own words, and the assistant picks. The examples below are phrased the way people actually phrase them.

Email

Read, search, draft, send, and tidy up — across every folder, not just the inbox.

• “What needs a reply in my inbox today?”
• “Summarise everything unread from this week, grouped by sender.”
• “Find the contract Sarah sent in March and tell me what changed.”
• “Draft a polite decline to the last meeting invite, and don't send it yet.”
• “Archive everything from notifications@ older than a month.”

Behind it: list, send, search, draft, reply, forward, move, flag, categorise, archive, and bulk actions over many messages at once.

Calendar

See what is coming, book things, and answer invitations.

• “What does my Thursday look like?”
• “Move my 2pm to Friday morning and tell the attendees why.”
• “Set up a weekly Monday stand-up for the next three months.”
• “Accept the invite from Alex and decline the one that clashes.”

Behind it: list events, create, update, delete, respond to invitations, recurring series, and multiple calendars.

Finding a time

The part that usually takes six emails.

• “Find an hour next week when Priya, Tom and I are all free.”
• “Am I double-booked anywhere this month?”
• “Book a Teams call with the design team on the first afternoon that works.”

Behind it: free/busy lookup, meeting-time suggestions, availability checks, and online meeting links.

Attachments and files

Reading what came in, and sending what goes out.

• “What was attached to the invoice thread, and how big is it?”
• “Send the Q3 deck to the board list with a short covering note.”
• “Pull the numbers out of the spreadsheet Jo sent yesterday.”

Behind it: list attachments, download, attach on send, scan a thread for files, and SharePoint links shared over email.

Shared and delegated mailboxes

The team inboxes most tools forget about.

• “Anything in the support mailbox that has gone unanswered for two days?”
• “Reply from support@, not from me.”
• “Which shared mailboxes can I actually reach?”

Behind it: every email and calendar action above, against any mailbox you can already open, including sending on its behalf.

More than one account

Personal and work, or several tenants, without switching context.

• “Search both my accounts for anything about the renewal.”
• “What is on either calendar tomorrow?”

Behind it: connect several mailboxes, query them together, or name one when it matters.

What it will not do

• Reach a mailbox you cannot already open yourself. The permissions are delegated, so it can do what you can do and nothing more.
• Act on its own. Nothing runs unless your assistant runs it, and your assistant runs it because you asked.
• Keep your mail. Messages are fetched to answer one request and then gone. See Privacy.

Every tool

The full list, for anyone wiring this up directly. It is generated from the server, so it is what your assistant actually sees.

outlook_list_emails

List emails from Outlook inbox or specified folder

outlook_send_email

Send an email through Outlook

outlook_get_email

Get detailed information about a specific email

outlook_search_emails

Search emails across all folders with advanced filters for analysis

outlook_create_draft

Create an email draft without sending

outlook_reply_to_email

Reply to an existing email

outlook_reply_all

Reply to all recipients of an existing email

outlook_forward_email

Forward an existing email to new recipients

outlook_delete_email

Delete an email (move to Deleted Items or permanently delete)

outlook_move_email

Move an email to a different folder

outlook_mark_as_read

Mark an email as read or unread

outlook_flag_email

Flag or unflag an email for follow-up

outlook_categorize_email

Apply categories to an email

outlook_archive_email

Archive an email (move to Archive folder)

outlook_batch_process_emails

Perform bulk operations on multiple emails

outlook_list_events

List calendar events from Outlook

outlook_create_event

Create a new calendar event in Outlook with optional Teams meeting integration

outlook_get_event

Get a specific calendar event

outlook_update_event

Update an existing calendar event

outlook_delete_event

Delete a calendar event

outlook_respond_to_invite

Respond to a meeting invitation

outlook_validate_event_datetimes

Validate event start and end times

outlook_create_recurring_event

Create a recurring calendar event

outlook_find_meeting_times

Find optimal meeting times for attendees

outlook_check_availability

Check availability for users

outlook_schedule_online_meeting

Schedule an online meeting (Teams/Skype)

outlook_list_calendars

List available calendars

outlook_get_calendar_view

Get a view of a calendar for a specific time range

outlook_get_busy_times

Get busy times for users

outlook_build_recurrence_pattern

Build a recurrence pattern object

outlook_create_recurrence_helper

Helper to create a recurring event with simplified inputs

outlook_check_calendar_permissions

Check permissions for a calendar

outlook_list_folders

List all email folders

outlook_create_folder

Create a new email folder

outlook_rename_folder

Rename an existing email folder

outlook_get_folder_stats

Get statistics for a specific folder

outlook_list_attachments

List all attachments for a specific email

outlook_download_attachment

Download a specific email attachment

outlook_add_attachment

Add an attachment to an email draft. Files over 3 MB are uploaded in chunks via a Graph upload session; Graph's per-attachment ceiling is 150 MB.

outlook_scan_attachments

Scan emails for large or suspicious attachments

outlook_get_sharepoint_file

Fetch a SharePoint file using the same authenticated session as Outlook. Handles sharing links from emails. Either sharePointUrl OR fileId must be provided.

outlook_list_sharepoint_files

List files in SharePoint sites or OneDrive folders using the same authenticated session

outlook_resolve_sharepoint_link

Resolve SharePoint sharing links from emails to get file metadata without downloading

outlook_list_accounts

List all connected Microsoft accounts

outlook_request_admin_consent

Generate a tenant-wide admin-consent URL for the configured multi-tenant app. Give the URL to a tenant administrator to grant the app org-wide consent, after which users in that tenant can connect. No per-tenant app registration is required.

outlook_list_accessible_mailboxes

List shared and delegated mailboxes accessible to an account