Archive Outlook email attachments to OneDrive with SharePoint logging

by Mychel Garzon ✓ · 246 views · created 2026-05-18 · File Management

What this workflow does

This workflow has 16 nodes and runs on a schedule (every hour) (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft SharePoint.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every hour) (plus 1 other trigger).

1. Get Unread Emails with Attachments (Microsoft Outlook): get many
2. Send Error Email (Microsoft Outlook): uses Microsoft Outlook
3. Has Emails? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
4. Is Upload Error? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
5. Process One Email at a Time (Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)): loops over the items in batches
6. Log Failed Upload to SharePoint (Microsoft SharePoint): work with list item
7. Get Email Attachments (Microsoft Outlook): get many (message attachment)
8. Build Folder Path + Decode Attachment (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
9. Has File Attachments? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
10. Upload to OneDrive (Microsoft OneDrive): uses Microsoft OneDrive

…plus 3 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft OneDriveMicrosoft SharePoint

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Nodes used (9)

• Schedule Triggern8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger
• Microsoft Outlookn8n-nodes-base.microsoftOutlook
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if
• No Operation, do nothingn8n-nodes-base.noOp
• Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• Microsoft OneDriven8n-nodes-base.microsoftOneDrive
• Microsoft SharePointn8n-nodes-base.microsoftSharePoint
• Error Triggern8n-nodes-base.errorTrigger

From the author

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