🌟 Effortlessly Save Email Attachments to SharePoint in 5 Easy Steps

If you’re overwhelmed with downloading email files manually, you’re not alone. Luckily, with Microsoft Power Automate, you can save email attachments to SharePoint in 5 easy steps – automatically, and with zero coding. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the exact process to set it up.

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📥 Why Automate Saving Email Attachments?

Manually downloading email attachments and uploading them to SharePoint can be a tedious routine. Using Power Automate, you can streamline this process. This tutorial will show you how to save email attachments to SharePoint in 5 easy steps, saving time and improving your workflow.

🔧 What You Need Before You Begin

Before starting, make sure you have:

A Microsoft 365 account with Outlook and SharePoint access
A specific SharePoint site and document library to save attachments
Access to Power Automate: https://make.powerautomate.com

✅ Step-by-Step Guide: Save Email Attachments to SharePoint in 5 Easy Steps

Step 1: Create a New Automated Flow

Visit make.powerautomate.com. Click on “My Flows” from the left sidebar.
Click “New Flow” at the top > choose “Automated Cloud Flow”.

A popup window will appear:

Enter the flow name: Save email attachment to SharePoint
Search for “new email”
Select “When a new email arrives (V3)”
🟢 Trigger Defined:
This trigger activates the flow when a new email is received.
Click “Create.”

Step 2: Add a Condition for Attachments

Add a Condition action
Use Has Attachments is equal to true to check if the email includes files

has attachment field in condition action

Step 3: Add a Create file action

Inside the “True” branch:

Click the plus (+) icon
Search for “Create file”
Choose Create file under SharePoint

Configure it:

Site Address: Select your SharePoint site
Folder Path: Choose your target document library
File Name: Select Attachments Name by clicking on flash icon, the icon will appear there when you click inside the File name field
File Content: Leave it blank for now

configure parameters in create file action

💡 Note that when you add Attachments Name, Power Automate automatically adds a For each action to handle multiple attachments.

Step 4: Add a Get Attachment (V2) action

Now, to get the attachment file content, add a Get Attachment (V2) action inside the For each loop, above the Create file action.

After adding the Message Id, click inside the Attachment Id field. Then, click on the flash icon to view the dynamic content list

In the dynamic content list, search for ‘Attachment Id‘ and select ‘Attachments Attachment Id‘ from the results. This dynamic content is provided by the trigger ‘When a new email arrives (V3)‘.

Step 5: Add File Content in Create file

Click on the ‘Create file‘ action located below the ‘Get Attachment (V2)‘ action.

Inside the ‘File Content‘ field, either click on the flash icon or type ‘/’ and hit enter to open the dynamic content list.

From the dynamic content list, select ‘Content Bytes‘. This value comes from the ‘Get Attachment (V2)‘ action.

Click Save, then test by sending a sample email with an attachment. Check your SharePoint library to confirm it’s working.

Congratulations – you’ve now learned how to save email attachments to SharePoint in 5 easy steps using Power Automate!

📘 Trigger and Action Definitions

🔹 Trigger: When a new email arrives (V3)

Starts the flow when an email hits your inbox.

🔹 Condition

Checks if the incoming email contains attachments.

🔹 Apply to each or For each

Loops through each attachment to take actions.

🔹 Create File (SharePoint)

Creates a new file in your SharePoint document library.

🔹 Get Attachment (V2) (Office 365 Outlook)

Gets the attachment file content using the Message Id and Attachment Id.

📊 Final Thoughts

Using Power Automate to save email attachments to SharePoint in 5 easy steps is a time-saving solution that’s easy to set up and maintain. Whether you’re handling invoices, contracts, or reports, automation brings peace of mind and efficiency.

If you’re ready to stop wasting time on repetitive tasks, give this method a try today!