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Connect your own mailbox and calendar so Parker can search your mail, and draft and send email from your address.

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Before you begin

  • You need the sign-in details for your Microsoft 365 or Google account.
  • If your company restricts which apps can connect to Microsoft 365 or Google, your IT team may need to approve Parker first.

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Which email and calendar providers work?

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Connect Microsoft 365 (Outlook mail and calendar)

As the card explains, “Microsoft grants calendar and mailbox access separately, so Parker asks for each one on its own. Connect both for scheduling and sending.”
1

Open your connections

Go to Settings > Connections. If you’re not sure how to open Settings, see Your settings.
2

Open the Microsoft 365 page

Select the Microsoft 365 row. The Email page opens. Its Microsoft 365 card has a Calendar row and a Mail row.
3

Connect your mail

In the Mail row, start the connection. Sign in to Microsoft and approve the request.
4

Connect your calendar

In the Calendar row, select Connect Calendar. Sign in to Microsoft and approve the second request.
When a row is connected, it shows Connected, your address, and Disconnect. In Settings > Connections, the Microsoft 365 row shows Partly connected until both are connected.
Microsoft 365 card with a Connect Calendar button, a connected Mail row, and Permissions showing Read mail, Create drafts, and Send email toggles.

The Microsoft 365 card, with mail connected and calendar not yet connected.

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Choose what Parker can do with your mail

Under the connected Mail row, open Permissions to see what Parker can do. Turn each one on or off. Read mail is required by Create drafts, so it stays on while drafts are on. The Permissions row shows how many are on, such as 2 of 3 on.

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Connect Gmail

1

Open the Email page

Go to Settings > Connections and select the Microsoft 365 row. The Email page opens. Its Mailboxes card also holds Gmail.
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Connect Gmail

In the Mailboxes card, select Connect Gmail. Sign in to Google and approve the request.
The Mailboxes card lists each mailbox Parker reads, searches, and sends from. As it says, “Sending always goes through Parker’s compliance check and your explicit confirmation.”
Mailboxes card showing a connected Outlook mailbox with Disconnect, and a Connect Gmail button.

The Mailboxes card lists your connected mailboxes.

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Connect a calendar

1

Open the Calendar page

Go to Settings > Connections, select Browse, and select the Google Calendar row. You can also select Add connector > Calendar.
2

Connect your calendar

In the Calendar Connection card, select Connect Google Calendar or Connect Microsoft Outlook. Sign in and approve the request.
The Calendar page also has your scheduling defaults. See Calendar and meetings.

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Check it worked

  • In Settings > Connections, the row for your provider shows Connected.
  • In chat, ask Parker something only your mailbox can answer.

Confirms Parker can read your mail

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Disconnect

To disconnect, open the Email page and select Disconnect next to the connection.

Draft and send email

Search your mail and write emails and replies in chat.

Calendar and meetings

Connect a calendar and set your scheduling defaults.

Writing style

Teach Parker how you write from your sent mail.

Connections and apps (admin)

How admins set up connections for the workspace.
Last modified on October 12, 2026