--- title: "Connect Dropbox and Microsoft Entra ID - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New File in Folder\" fires in Dropbox, your agent runs \"Add User to Group\" in Microsoft Entra ID." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/dropbox-to-microsoft-entra-id" --- # Connect Dropbox and Microsoft Entra ID When **New File in Folder** fires in [Dropbox](https://apiant.ai/connections/dropbox), your agent runs **Add User to Group** in [Microsoft Entra ID](https://apiant.ai/connections/microsoft-entra-id), or **New Group** in Microsoft Entra ID to **Upload file** in Dropbox. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Dropbox **1** trigger Dropbox **21** actions Microsoft Entra ID **2** triggers Microsoft Entra ID **14** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Dropbox and Microsoft Entra ID to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Dropbox and Microsoft Entra ID can do together ### From Dropbox to Microsoft Entra ID - When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Add User to Group** in Microsoft Entra ID - When **New File in Folder** in Dropbox then **Create User** in Microsoft Entra ID ### From Microsoft Entra ID to Dropbox - When **New Group** in Microsoft Entra ID then **Upload file** in Dropbox - When **New User** in Microsoft Entra ID then **Upload File from URL** in Dropbox Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Dropbox and Microsoft Entra ID ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 35 actions - Trigger **New File in Folder** Triggers when a new file appears in the folder you choose. - Action **Add folder member** Invites one or more people or groups to a Dropbox shared folder with the access level you choose. The caller must be an owner or editor of the shared folder. - Action **Copy File or Folder** Copy a file or folder from one path to another. - Action **Create Folder** Create a folder at the given path. - Action **Create Shared Link** Create a shareable link for a file or folder. - Action **Delete File or Folder** Delete a file or folder at the given path. - Action **Download file** Download a file from the connected Dropbox account. - Action **Get Current Account** Get information about the connected Dropbox account. - Action **Get File Metadata** Get metadata for a file or folder. - Action **Get space usage** Returns the connected Dropbox account's storage usage and allocation. - Action **Get Temporary Link** Get a temporary direct-download link for a file (valid ~4 hours). - Action **List file revisions** Lists the revisions of a Dropbox file, newest first, by file path or file id. - Action **List Folder** List the contents of a folder. - Action **List Folder Members** Returns the members of a shared folder: users, groups and pending invitees with their access levels. - Action **List Shared Links** List shared links for the account, optionally filtered by path. - Action **Move File or Folder** Move a file or folder from one path to another. - Action **Restore file** Restores a specific earlier revision of a file to the given path in Dropbox. - Action **Revoke shared link** Revoke a Dropbox shared link so it no longer grants access. - Action **Search Files** Search for files and folders matching a query. - Action **Share folder** Share a Dropbox folder so collaborators can be added to it. Creates the folder if the path does not exist yet. - Action **Upload file** Uploads a file (up to 150 MiB) to a path in the connected Dropbox account. - Action **Upload File from URL** Save a file from a public URL directly into Dropbox at the given path. - Trigger **New Group** Triggers when a new group is created in your Microsoft Entra ID directory. - Trigger **New User** Triggers when a new user is created in your Microsoft Entra ID directory. - Action **Add User to Group** Adds a user as a member of a group in your Microsoft Entra ID directory. - Action **Create Group** Creates a new security group or Microsoft 365 group in your Microsoft Entra ID directory. - Action **Create User** Creates a new user in your Microsoft Entra ID directory with a starting password. - Action **Delete Group** Deletes a group from your Microsoft Entra ID directory. - Action **Delete User** Deletes a user from your Microsoft Entra ID directory. Deleted users can be restored for 30 days. - Action **Disable User** Disables an existing user's account so they can no longer sign in. The user and their data are kept. - Action **Find Group** Returns the groups whose name matches the name you give, either exactly or by how it starts, plus the first match on its own. - Action **Find User** Finds a user in your Microsoft Entra ID directory whose email address or sign-in name matches the one you give. Returns nothing when no user matches. - Action **Get Group** Fetches a group by ID. An error occurs if the group is not found. - Action **Get User** Returns a user's profile from your Microsoft Entra ID directory by object ID or sign-in name. - Action **List Group Members** Returns all direct members of a group: users, nested groups, devices and service principals. - Action **Remove User from Group** Removes a user from a group in your Microsoft Entra ID directory. - Action **Update Group** Updates the name, description or settings of a group in your Microsoft Entra ID directory. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update User** Updates the profile details of an existing user in your Microsoft Entra ID directory. Fields left blank are not changed. ## Each app on its own - [ **Dropbox** Dropbox cloud file storage. 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Any of Dropbox's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New File in Folder. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Microsoft Entra ID when something happens in Dropbox? Any of Microsoft Entra ID's 14 actions, including Create Group, Create User, Update Group and Update User. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Microsoft Entra ID to Dropbox? Yes. When something happens in Microsoft Entra ID, your agent can act in Dropbox too. This page covers both directions: Microsoft Entra ID's triggers and Dropbox's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Dropbox or Microsoft Entra ID? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Dropbox and Microsoft Entra ID without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.