Perplexity Computer

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Last updated by the developer on: April 24, 2026

General information

Information provided by Perplexity AI to Microsoft:

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App name Perplexity Computer
ID WA200010619
Office 365 clients supported Microsoft Teams
Partner company name Perplexity AI
Company's website https://www.perplexity.ai
App's Terms of Use https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/legal/enterprise-terms-of-ser...
Core functionality of the app Perplexity Computer is an AI-powered digital worker for Microsoft Teams. Users chat with Computer to perform research, analysis, report generation, and multi-step tasks. It connects to thousands of enterprise tools (Salesforce, Notion, Google Analytics, Snowflake, etc.) and leverages 20+ AI models. It supports personal chats, group chats, and channel threads with file attachment handling, thread context awareness, and interactive cards for Q&A and action confirmations.
Company headquarter location United States of America
App info page https://www.perplexity.ai/products/computer
What is the hosting environment or service model used to run your app? Saas
Which hosting cloud providers does the app use? Aws
Is AI functionality part of the app�s core features or workflows? Yes

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How the app handles data

This information has been provided by Perplexity AI about how this app collects and stores organizational data and the control that your organization will have over the data the app collects.

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Does the app or underlying infrastructure process any data relating to a Microsoft customer or their device? Yes
What data is processed by your app? The bot processes user messages, AAD user IDs, tenant IDs, email addresses, conversation IDs, and file attachments.
Does the app support TLS 1.2 or higher? Yes
Does the app or underlying infrastructure store any Microsoft customer data? Yes
What data is stored in your databases? The bot stores session cookies, user AAD IDs, Perplexity email mappings, NextAuth IDs, conversation references, and pending OAuth tokens in Redis. File attachments are uploaded to S3.
If underlying infastructure processes or stores Microsoft customer data, where is this data geographically stored? United States of America
Do you have an established data rentention and disposal process? Yes
How long is data retained after account termination? Less than 60days
Do you have an established data access management process? Yes
Do you transfer customer data or customer content to third parties or sub-processors? Yes
Do you have data sharing agreements in place with any third party service you share Microsoft customer data with? Yes

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This information has been provided by Perplexity Computer about the security practices this app employs.

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Do you perform annual penetration testing on the app? Yes
Does the app have a documented disaster recovery plan, including a backup and restore strategy? Yes
Does your environment use traditional anti-malware protection or application controls? TraditionalAntiMalware, ApplicationControls
Do you have an established process for indentifying and risk ranking security vulnerabilities? Yes
Do you have a policy that governs your service level agreement (SLA) for applying patches? Yes
Do you carry out patch management activities according to your patching policy SLAs? Yes
Does your enviroment have any unsupported operating systems or software? No
Do you conduct quarterly vulnerability scanning on your app and the infastructure that supports it? Yes
Do you have a firewall installed on your external network boundary? Yes
Do you have an established change management process used to review and approve change requests before they are deployed to production? Yes
Is an additional person reviewing and approving all code change requests submitted to production by the original developer? Yes
Do secure coding practices take into account common vulnerability classes such as OWASP Top 10? Yes
Multifactor Authentication (MFA) enabled for: CodeRepositories, DNSManagement, Credential
Do you have an established process for provisioning, modification, and deletion of employee accounts? Yes
Do you have Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDPS) software deployed at the perimeter of the network boundary supporting your app? Yes
Do you have event logging set up on all system components supporting your app? Yes
Are all logs reviewed on a regular cadence by human or automated tooling to detect potential security events? Yes
When a security event is detected are alerts automatically sent to an employee for triage? Yes
Do you have a formal information security risk management process established? Yes
Do you have a formal security incident response process documented and established? Yes
Do you report app or service data breaches to supervisory authorities and individuals affected by the breach within 72 hours of detection? Yes

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This information has been provided by Perplexity Computer regarding the compliance standards their app requires and has the certifications they have accomplished.

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Does the app comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act (HIPAA)? Yes
Does the app comply with Health Information Trust Alliance, Common Security Framework (HITRUST CSF)? No
Has the organization achieved a Service Organization Controls (SOC 1) Certification? N/A
Has the organization achieved a Service Organization Controls (SOC 2) Certification? Yes
Which SOC 2 certification did you achieve? type2
Most recent SOC2 certification date 2026-04-03
Has the organization achieved a Service Organization Controls (SOC 3) Certification? No
Do you carry out annual PCI DSS assessments against the app and its supporting environment? Yes
Is the app International Organization for Standardization (ISO 27001) certified? No
Does the app comply with International Organization for Standardization (ISO 27018)? No
Does the app comply with International Organization for Standardization (ISO 27017)? No
Does the app comply with International Organization for Standardization (ISO 27002)? No
Is the app Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) compliant? Yes
Does the app comply with Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)? No
Does the app comply with Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)? N/A
Does the app comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)? N/A
Does the app comply with NIST 800-171? No
Has the app been Cloud Security Alliance (CSA Star) certified? Yes

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Do you have GDPR or other privacy or data protection requirements or obligations (such as CCPA)? Yes
Does the app have an external-facing privacy notice that describes how it collects, uses, shares, and stores customer data? Yes
Privacy Policy URL https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/legal/privacy-policy
Does the app perform automated decision making, including profiling that could have a legal effect or similar impact? No
Does the app process customer data for a secondary purpose not described in the privacy notice (i.e. marketing, analytics)? No
Do you process special categories of sensitive data (i.e. racial or ethnic origin, political opinion, religious or philosophical beliefs, genetic or biometric data, health data) or categories of data subject to breach notification laws? No
Does the app collect or process data from minors (i.e., individuals under the age of 16)? Yes
Is consent obtained from a parent or legal guardian? Yes
Does the app have capabilities to delete an individual's personal data upon request? Yes
Does the app have capabilities to restrict or limit the processing of an individual's personal data upon request? Yes
Does the app provide individuals the ability to correct or update their personal data? Yes
Are regular data security and privacy reviews performed (for example, Data Protection Impact Assessments or privacy risk assessments) to identify risks related to the processing of personal data for the app? Yes

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Does your application integrate with Microsoft identity platform (Microsoft Entra ID) for single-sign on, API access, etc.? Yes
Have you reviewed and complied with all applicable best practices outlined in the Microsoft identity platform integration checklist? Yes
Does your app use the latest version of MSAL (Microsoft Authentication Library) or Microsoft Identity Web for authentication? Yes
Does your app support Conditional Access policies? Yes
List the types of policies supported The bot uses standard Azure Bot Framework authentication, which is compatible with tenant-level Conditional Access enforcement. The Teams platform enforces CA policies before users can interact with the bot.
Does your app support Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) No
Does your app store any credentials in code? No
Apps and add-ins for Microsoft 365 might use additional Microsoft APIs outside of Microsoft Graph. Does your app or add-in use additional Microsoft APIs? Yes

Data access using Microsoft Graph

Graph Permission Permission Type Justification Microsoft Entra App ID
ChannelMessage.Read.All application Required to fetch channel thread replies when the bot is mentioned in a Teams channel. The bot reads the root message and replies via the Graph API (/teams/{teamId}/channels/{channelId}/messages/{messageId}/replies) to build thread context for accurate responses. e80953ab-1b36-4926-9ef0-bcd0985af15c
ChatMessage.Read.Chat application Required to fetch chat message history and thread context for personal and group chat conversations. The bot reads recent messages via the Graph API (/chats/{chatId}/messages) to provide thread-aware responses when users send follow-up messages. e80953ab-1b36-4926-9ef0-bcd0985af15c
Files.Read.All application Required to download file attachments shared by users in chat messages. The bot downloads files from SharePoint/OneDrive via the Graph API (/shares/{shareId}/driveItem/content) and hosted content images from messages so it can process user-uploaded documents and images. e80953ab-1b36-4926-9ef0-bcd0985af15c
User.Read delegated Required to read basic profile information of the signed-in user during the bot's authentication flow, enabling the bot to identify the user and associate their Teams identity with their Perplexity account. e80953ab-1b36-4926-9ef0-bcd0985af15c

This application does not have Additional APIs.

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