upload-my-profile-photo
Update the photo for the specified contact, group, team, or user in a tenant. The size of the photo you can update to is limited to 4 MB. You can use either PATCH or PUT for this operation. 💡 TIP: Uploads a new profile photo for the signed-in user. Body is a base64-encoded string of the image by...
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What upload-my-profile-photo does on Ms 365
AI agents use upload-my-profile-photo to create or update resources in Ms 365, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Ms 365 environment.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
body | string | Yes | Base64-encoded file content. The server decodes it and PUTs the raw bytes to Microsoft Graph. |
confirm | boolean | — | For destructive operations when the confirm gate is enabled (MS365_MCP_REQUIRE_CONFIRM=true; off by default). Set to true only after the user has explicitly app |
includeHeaders | boolean | — | Include response headers (including ETag) in the response metadata |
excludeResponse | boolean | — | Exclude the full response body and only return success or failure indication |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why upload-my-profile-photo is rated Medium
An AI agent can call upload-my-profile-photo faster than any human can review: one bad instruction and it creates or modifies resources in Ms 365 by the hundred, each call as confident as the last.
Risk signalsAccepts raw HTML/template content (body)
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The rule that runs upload-my-profile-photo safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Ms 365, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For upload-my-profile-photo, this is the rule to start with:
upload-my-profile-photo stays usable, but capped: an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Ms 365, apply this rule, and every upload-my-profile-photo call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about upload-my-profile-photo
Update the photo for the specified contact, group, team, or user in a tenant. The size of the photo you can update to is limited to 4 MB. You can use either PATCH or PUT for this operation. 💡 TIP: Uploads a new profile photo for the signed-in user. Body is a base64-encoded string of the image bytes (the server decodes before PUT). Photo must be JPEG, max 4 MB; the base64 travels as a tool argument and a truncated one is written without error, so resize before encoding instead of emitting a large string. Microsoft 365 generates HD downsized variants automatically (48x48, 64x64, 96x96, 120x120, 240x240, 360x360, 432x432, 504x504, 648x648). For work or school accounts, ProfilePhoto.ReadWrite.All is the more granular alternative permission. Use download-bytes with target=/me/photo/$value to retrieve the current photo. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Ms 365 MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
upload-my-profile-photo accepts 4 parameters: body, confirm, includeHeaders, excludeResponse. Required: body. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Ms 365 MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for upload-my-profile-photo: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Ms 365. Nothing to install.
upload-my-profile-photo is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the upload-my-profile-photo rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for upload-my-profile-photo. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
upload-my-profile-photo is provided by the Ms 365 MCP server (@jo3zik/ms-365-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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