Which Copilot connector type: federated, tenant, or self-serve

This sheet compares Federated MCP-based connector, Tenant-configured synced connector, Self-serve synced connector.

CriterionFederated MCP-based connectorTenant-configured synced connectorSelf-serve synced connector
Data duplicated into Microsoft 365's index?No - fetched live from the sourceYes - indexed into Microsoft GraphYes - indexed into Microsoft Graph

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