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Platform & Architecture

Built to connect work across Microsoft 365.

theBRIDGE brings Outlook, Teams and SharePoint together through a Microsoft 365-connected SaaS platform, using Entra ID, Microsoft Graph and Azure-hosted services while keeping tenant-aware configuration and client data separated.

Microsoft 365 Native

Work with the Microsoft 365 tools your users already use.

Outlook

  • External communication
  • Email processing
  • Work Items
  • Filing
  • Search
  • Send & Process

Teams

  • Collaboration
  • Assignments
  • Approvals
  • Notifications
  • Work Hub

SharePoint

  • Documents
  • Metadata
  • Governed records
  • Workspace destinations

Entra ID

  • Identity and authentication

Microsoft Graph

  • Microsoft 365 service integration
Outlook Experience

Bring the process into the inbox.

theBRIDGE extends Outlook with processing and Work Item capabilities while relying on the central platform for business logic and Microsoft 365 integration.

Teams Experience

Carry the same Work Item into collaboration.

Teams operates as another experience around the same work context rather than a separate disconnected record.

Governed Record

Keep SharePoint as the destination for governed content.

theBRIDGE helps content reach the configured SharePoint context while preserving Work Item and processing relationships.

Identity

Use Microsoft Entra ID for user identity and access.

Microsoft Entra ID authentication for user identity

Tenant-aware access resolved through the Microsoft Entra tenant ID

User identity used across Outlook, Teams and Control Center experiences

Customer Entra ID policies continue to operate at the Microsoft 365 identity layer

Microsoft Graph

Connect the process to Microsoft 365 through supported APIs.

theBRIDGE SaaS Platform

One platform behind the Outlook, Teams and administration experiences.

Work Items
Automation
Process Packs
Document Processing
Activity
Shared Mailbox Processing
Teams Collaboration
Workspace Configuration
Administration
Common Work Context

One Work Item connects the experiences.

Automation

Use a common automation layer across the process.

Rules and Process Packs operate through the shared platform instead of being isolated per application.

Document Processing

Keep conversion and document handling inside the process.

Optional AI layer

AI assistance, governed by the platform.

AI requests from the add-in pass through a platform AI service that checks whether your organisation has enabled AI, applies usage governance, and records activity. Reply drafting uses Microsoft Azure OpenAI when your organisation allows it.

Discover AI Intelligence in theBRIDGE

  1. Outlook add-in
  2. Organisation consent and usage checks
  3. Platform AI service
  4. Azure OpenAI
Multi-Tenant SaaS

Run one SaaS platform with tenant-aware configuration and processing.

theBRIDGE is a multi-tenant SaaS platform. Each customer tenant has its own configuration and context, mapped through its Microsoft Entra tenant ID.

Tenant-aware services resolve the relevant customer context before processing, ensuring configuration, rules and data are scoped to the correct tenant.

Each client is provisioned with a dedicated Cosmos account for operational data, providing clear separation between client data stores.

Client Data Separation

Keep operational data separated by client.

Each client is provisioned with a dedicated Cosmos account and data plane for theBRIDGE operational data, providing a clear separation between client data stores while the shared SaaS platform delivers the application services.

Operational Data

Store the context needed to run the work process.

theBRIDGE Operational Context

Work Item information
Workspace configuration
User preferences
Rules and automation
Process Packs
Filing and activity references
Teams mappings
Shared mailbox configuration
Operational status and context

Microsoft 365 Content

Email and attachments
Teams messages and channels
SharePoint documents and metadata

Remains in Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Teams, SharePoint)

Microsoft Azure

Run the processing layer on Azure-hosted services.

Platform API
Background Workers
Processing Services
Cosmos DB
Configuration Services
Web Applications
Administration

Manage the platform through the Control Center.

Tenant Administration

Workspaces
Teams Mapping
Categories
Statuses
Process Packs
Rules
Shared Mailboxes
Terminology
Notifications
Diagnostics

Platform Administration

Clients
Licensing
Platform Health
Tenant-Aware Access

Resolve access in the correct tenant context.

Tenant context is resolved from the authenticated user's Microsoft Entra tenant ID

Backend services validate tenant context before returning or modifying tenant-specific data

Client data planes are provisioned separately, scoping operational data to the correct client

theBRIDGE is designed to enforce tenant-aware access boundaries across platform services.

Microsoft 365 Access

Respect the Microsoft 365 permission model.

Where theBRIDGE accesses Microsoft 365 resources, access is governed through configured app permissions, user context and Microsoft 365 permissions as applicable to the feature.

Microsoft Graph certificate authentication is configured at the platform level, and Microsoft admin consent is tracked as part of tenant readiness.

Shared Mailboxes

Connect shared mailbox work to the same platform services.

Operational Processing

Keep processing visible when work spans multiple services.

Execution and activity status tracked per Work Item

Retry and reprocessing supported where applicable

Work Item context preserved across retry attempts

Diagnostics available for tenant-level health checks

Platform Visibility

Give administrators visibility into key service dependencies.

Security by Microsoft 365 Context

Build on the identity and access foundations already used by Microsoft 365.

Entra ID Authentication

User identity managed through Microsoft Entra ID

Tenant-Aware Access

Services resolve the correct tenant context before processing

Microsoft Graph

Microsoft 365 interactions through supported Graph APIs

Permission Boundaries

Microsoft 365 permissions govern access to customer resources

Dedicated Client Data Plane

Each client provisioned with a separate Cosmos account

Azure-Hosted Services

Platform services hosted on Microsoft Azure infrastructure

Reference Architecture

How the pieces fit together.

Microsoft 365
Outlook Teams SharePoint OneDrive Entra ID Microsoft Graph
theBRIDGE SaaS
Work Items Automation Process Packs Document Processing Activity Teams / Mail / SharePoint Integration Control Center
Client A Data Plane Cosmos A
Client B Data Plane Cosmos B
Client C Data Plane Cosmos C
Microsoft Azure
Designed to Work with Microsoft 365

Add the process layer without replacing the platform underneath it.

Outlook

remains communication

Teams

remains collaboration

SharePoint

remains governed information

Entra ID

remains identity

theBRIDGE

connects the process

At a Glance

A Microsoft 365-connected SaaS architecture.

Microsoft 365 Integration
Outlook, Teams, SharePoint and Graph
Identity
Microsoft Entra ID
Work Context
Common Work Item model
Automation
Rules and Process Packs
Document Processing
Embedded PDF conversion service
Client Data
Dedicated Cosmos account / data plane per client
Hosting
Microsoft Azure
Administration
Control Center

Connect Microsoft 365 through one work platform.

Bring Outlook, Teams and SharePoint together through a tenant-aware SaaS architecture designed for connected processing, collaboration and governed records.