OneDrive

Search, ground, and act on your OneDrive content in Glean

Connect OneDrive once and Glean authorizes its tools right away, sets up the shared Azure app and certificate, and builds a permission-aware search index of your organization's files.

OneDrive for BusinessIndexed by defaultRead and write toolsCertificate authPermission-awarePart of Microsoft 365

Set up OneDriveOneDrive overview

At a glance

Authentication

Certificate on the shared Microsoft 365 app (app-only application permissions)

Connection methods

Indexed connector by default, with real-time access and read and write tools

What it indexes

Files, folders, and OneNote notebooks

Permissions

Identity-aware, enforced at query time

Required scope

Files.ReadWrite.All (Microsoft Graph)

Parent connector

Microsoft 365

Choose your path

OneDrive connects to Glean as a child of the Microsoft 365 connector. Which path is yours depends on your Glean deployment, not on when you personally connect OneDrive.

Onboarding

New setup

You're on a new Glean deployment, created on or after August 14th, 2026. One guided flow authorizes OneDrive's tools, sets up the shared Azure app and certificate once, and grants the OneDrive permissions Glean needs to build a permission-aware search index of your files.

Previous setup

You're on an existing Glean deployment. Even if you're connecting OneDrive for the first time, keep the setup you have to manage permissions, restrictions, real-time access, and the crawl.

Not sure which is yours? Choose your OneDrive setup.