STEP 1
Select Microsoft Contacts in workflow
Pick Microsoft Contacts app in the workflow builder [4] - just one click to select the app.
Microsoft Contacts Integration
Microsoft 365 contacts — create, update, and organize people. Connect Microsoft Contacts conversations to the systems your team already uses every day. When Watch Contacts lands, react with List Contacts or List Persons.
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Supported triggers and actions for Microsoft Contacts integration
Triggers can detect changes in Microsoft Contacts and run actions that can create, search or modify data inside Microsoft Contacts automatically [3] — exactly how you set them.
- Watch ContactsWatch for new user contacts.
- List ContactsGet all the contacts in the signed-in user's mailbox.
- List PersonsRetrieve a list of person objects ordered by their relevance to the user,.
- Retrieve a ContactRetrieve a single contact object.
- Retrieve a Contact FolderRetrieve a single contact folder object.
- Create a ContactCreates a new contact.
- Delete a ContactRemove a single contact object.
- Delete a Contact FolderRemove a single contact folder object.
- Make an API CallPerform an arbitrary authorized API request.
- Update a ContactUpdate the properties of contact object.
- Update a Contact FolderUpdate the properties of contact folder object.
How to integrate Microsoft Contacts in automation workflow?
3 simple steps to make your Microsoft Contacts connected with other apps in automation workflows on WEXTL. Up to 10 minutes integration set up.
STEP 2
Connect Microsoft Contacts
When prompted, authorize access to Microsoft Contacts in WEXTL once. Microsoft Contacts credentials are encrypted and never shared with WEXTL. Authorization will be reused in any future API calls [3].
WEXTL wants to integrate with your Microsoft Contacts account. Approve?
STEP 3
Build a workflow
Build your workflow with Microsoft Contacts yourself or with WEXTL® AI Builder. Connect Microsoft Contacts to any available integrations [5], or use HTTP node to go beyond them.
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How Microsoft Contacts connects and integrates with WEXTL
Save and approve your credentials once — WEXTL® stores authorization information encrypted and reuses the authentication whenever Microsoft Contacts app is called in workflows. That allows your communication automations to run without your attention, per defined schedule [7]. Explore documentation [6] for a detailed list of fields that Microsoft Contacts supports.
The following table illustrates what fields Microsoft Contacts integration require during authorization flow inside our workflow builder [4].
Video slide demonstrates how Microsoft Contacts is connected in WEXTL builder [4].
| Field | Type | Help |
|---|---|---|
Microsoft - TenantRequired | select | Go to |
Microsoft - Client IDRequired | text | Go to the Microsoft Entra admin center → Entra ID → App registrations and select New registration. → enter a description and expiration → Add, then immediately copy your Client ID |
Microsoft - Client SecretRequired | password | Copy you client Secret from the previously created app |
Connect Microsoft Contacts to popular apps on WEXTL
Enter a name of the other app you want to sync with Microsoft Contacts below. Click on selected app to explore integration options with Microsoft Contacts. If the app you search for is not available in WEXTL yet, you can use HTTP node [10] instead to integrate it directly.
Example automation with Microsoft Contacts integration
Select Watch Contacts trigger from Microsoft Contacts - this will be a starting point in your automation. Whenever event happens in Microsoft Contacts, workflow will start [7] from Watch Contacts node.
Search for Update a Contact Folder, connect it as the next step of integration sequence. You can use filters between Watch Contacts and Update a Contact Folder, so only important data pass from Watch Contacts to the next step. WEXTL gives you full control over the process of Microsoft Contacts automation. All parts of workflow are visible on the canvas [4].
Microsoft Contacts on WEXTL has 11 modules for combining communication automations. Explore Microsoft Contacts documentation for more.
Video slide demonstrates how Watch Contacts and Update a Contact Folder [6] nodes are used in Microsoft Contacts workflow.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about automating Microsoft Contacts in your workflows.
Microsoft Contacts has 1 trigger, including "Watch Contacts". Triggers are start points of the workflow, and automations may start from them.
Integration has 10 actions, including "List Contacts", "List Persons", and "Retrieve a Contact", and more. Refer to our Microsoft Contacts Documentation for detailed inputs and outputs.
No. Most automations are built visually on the canvas by picking triggers, actions, and mapping fields. You can add custom JavaScript with Functions when advanced logic is needed — but our customers do that in rare cases [4].
Yes. Connections are authenticated per account, credentials are encrypted at rest, and you can enforce approvals and team-level access controls on any automation.
The Microsoft Contacts integration on WEXTL runs directly on its vendor public API — every field name, authentication method, and rate limit is controlled by Microsoft Contacts official API and covered in documentation [3]. WEXTL handles the request signing and pagination for you.
Absolutely. Where Microsoft Contacts provides native webhooks, you can use instant triggers to eliminate polling delay. For custom webhooks, WEXTL offers Custom Webhook node, so you can start automation whenever Microsoft Contacts or any other service sends event to webhook URL.
WEXTL is an AI-first visual canvas. The platform allows you to describe automation in plain text — and AI will wire nodes for Microsoft Contacts inside the workflow builder [4]. You can also use built-in workflow nodes (AI Agent, Human in the Loop, Condition, Aggregate Results) in pair with Microsoft Contacts modules to craft complex integration flows with branches, filtering, and conditional logic. There are absolutely no limits of what you can build.
References
List of sources used to gather information about the Microsoft Contacts integration.
- Microsoft Contacts integration source code, module specs and credentials implementation.
- Internal Microsoft Contacts integration documentation, structured input and output parameters, scopes, and authentication methods.
- Official Microsoft Contacts vendor API documentation — used to verify field meanings, authentication flows, and anything our own specs don't fully capture.
- WEXTL® Visual Workflow Builder, anonymized data from our technical support team.
- WEXTL® Apps Library
- WEXTL® Microsoft Contacts App Documentation
- WEXTL® Workflow Scheduler
- WEXTL® HTTP node documentation