Outlook Connector - Draft an email message

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Issue with "Draft an email message" action (Reply mode)

When using:
- Draft an email message
- Draft Type = Reply
- Message Id from trigger
- Body populated with dynamic content (or even static content was tested)

The behavior is:

- Draft is created in the conversation
- BUT Body content is not inserted into the reply
- AND the original email thread is included (only, but looks like a reply)

If Body is left blank and "Comments" is used:
- A new message is created in the conversation with the dynamic content (or static when tested)
- Still not a true reply

Expected:
- Draft should behave like Outlook "Reply"
- Body should appear at the top
- Original thread should be included

This appears to be either a limitation or a bug in the connector.

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Expiscornovus 33,891 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @RB-16040557-0,

Yes, I can reproduce your issue. My suggestion would be to report this to Power Automate support as well (in parallel to this thread):

https://www.microsoft.com/en/power-platform/products/power-automate/support

As a workaround you could PATCH your Draft message and include the body content you already used.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/message-update?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http

Below is an example of that approach.

1. Expression to reuse the content

json( concat( '{ "body": { "contentType": "HTML", "content": "', replace( concat( actions('Draft_an_email_message')['inputs']['parameters']['draftMessage/Body'], '<br><br>', outputs('Draft_an_email_message')?['body']['Body']['Content'] ), '"', '\"' ), '" } }' ) )

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Vish WR 3,748 on at

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Removed the message as the information is already provided by @Expiscornovus

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