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Set Up Flow Studio MCP in Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork

Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork can talk to your Power Automate flows through Flow Studio MCP. An admin deploys the plugin once, and it shows up for everyone in the organization — no per-user install. This page covers both sides: the admin deployment, then what each user does in Cowork.

The short version: An admin deploys Flow Studio MCP Copilot Cowork from the Microsoft Marketplace. Admin-deployed plugins are automatically available to users — nobody else has to install anything. Users just switch it on in Cowork and sign in.
Before you start
  • A Flow Studio MCP plan. The Starter plan is free.
  • A Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork license.
  • For the deployment step: a Microsoft 365 admin who can deploy integrated apps. If that’s not you, send this page to whoever runs your tenant.

The plugin is multi-tenant — it works in any Microsoft 365 organization.

Part 1 — Admin: deploy the plugin

You only do this once for the whole organization.

  1. Open the Marketplace listing: Flow Studio MCP Copilot Cowork.
  2. Click Get it now. You’ll be redirected to the Microsoft 365 admin center — the Integrated apps page.

If you don’t have the direct link, search the Marketplace for “Flow Studio” and pick the Flow Studio MCP Copilot Cowork tile.

Microsoft Marketplace search results for Flow Studio, showing the Flow Studio MCP Copilot Cowork tile Flow Studio MCP Copilot Cowork Marketplace listing with the Get it now button
  1. The Deploy New App wizard opens with Flow Studio MCP Copilot Cowork already selected. Work through the three steps: Configuration → Users → Deployment.
  2. On Configuration, confirm the app, then click Next.
  3. On Users, choose who gets it — the whole organization, specific groups, or just yourself for a test — then Next.
  4. On Deployment, accept the permissions and finish.
Deploy New App wizard with Flow Studio MCP Copilot Cowork under Apps to deploy, showing the Configuration, Users, and Deployment steps

Once it’s deployed, you’ll find it in the admin center under Agents > Tools with the status Available. That confirms the plugin is live for the users you assigned.

Microsoft 365 admin center Agents > Tools list with Flow Studio MCP Copilot Cowork showing status Available
Deployment can take a little while to roll out across the tenant. If a user doesn’t see the plugin in Cowork yet, give it some time and have them refresh.
Part 2 — User: turn it on in Cowork

Once your admin has deployed it, the plugin is already there for you. You just switch it on.

  1. Open Cowork and open the plugin picker (the + in the message box, then the plugin list).
  2. Find Flow Studio MCP Copilot Cowork and toggle it on.
  3. Sign in with your Microsoft 365 account when prompted.
Cowork plugin picker with the Flow Studio MCP Copilot Cowork toggle switched on

That’s it. Now you can ask Cowork to work with your flows in plain language — for example:

  • “List my Power Automate flows.”
  • “Why did my invoice flow fail this morning?”
  • “Show me the inputs and outputs of the last failed run.”

Cowork reads run history, inspects action-level inputs and outputs, and can build or update flows through your Flow Studio and Power Platform connections.

Troubleshooting
  • User can’t see the plugin in Cowork — The admin deployment may still be rolling out, or the user isn’t in the assigned group. Confirm it shows Available under Agents > Tools in the admin center, and that the user is in scope.
  • “Get it now” doesn’t open the admin center — You need Microsoft 365 admin rights to deploy integrated apps. Sign in with an admin account, or forward this page to your tenant admin.
  • Plugin is on but Cowork can’t reach your flows — Make sure you signed in when prompted, and that you have a Flow Studio MCP plan (the free Starter plan is enough to start).
Other ways to use Flow Studio MCP

This plugin is the Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork integration. Flow Studio MCP also works with Copilot Studio agents, Claude, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and any MCP-compatible client via direct configuration — see Getting Started with Flow Studio MCP.

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