diff --git a/src/TeamsISO.App.WinUI/Views/MainWindow.xaml b/src/TeamsISO.App.WinUI/Views/MainWindow.xaml
index 788fc85..40677ed 100644
--- a/src/TeamsISO.App.WinUI/Views/MainWindow.xaml
+++ b/src/TeamsISO.App.WinUI/Views/MainWindow.xaml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
     x:Class="TeamsISO.App.WinUI.Views.MainWindow"
     xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
     xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
-    xmlns:models="using:TeamsISO.App.WinUI.Models">
+    xmlns:models="using:TeamsISO.App.WinUI.Models"
+    xmlns:views="using:TeamsISO.App.WinUI.Views">
 
     <!--
         TeamsISO MainWindow — redesigned IA per the approved shape brief.
@@ -32,6 +33,29 @@
             <ColumnDefinition Width="64"/>
             <ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
         </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
+        <Grid.Resources>
+            <!-- Drawer slide-in: 220ms ease-out-quart, translates 400px → 0 -->
+            <Storyboard x:Key="DrawerSlideIn">
+                <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="DrawerTransform"
+                                 Storyboard.TargetProperty="X"
+                                 To="0"
+                                 Duration="0:0:0.22">
+                    <DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
+                        <QuarticEase EasingMode="EaseOut"/>
+                    </DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
+                </DoubleAnimation>
+            </Storyboard>
+            <Storyboard x:Key="DrawerSlideOut">
+                <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="DrawerTransform"
+                                 Storyboard.TargetProperty="X"
+                                 To="400"
+                                 Duration="0:0:0.18">
+                    <DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
+                        <QuarticEase EasingMode="EaseIn"/>
+                    </DoubleAnimation.EasingFunction>
+                </DoubleAnimation>
+            </Storyboard>
+        </Grid.Resources>
 
         <!-- ═══════════════════════ LEFT RAIL ═══════════════════════ -->
         <Border Grid.Column="0"
@@ -106,6 +130,7 @@
                     <Button x:Name="SettingsButton"
                             Style="{StaticResource ButtonRailIcon}"
                             Margin="8,0"
+                            Click="OnSettingsClick"
                             ToolTipService.ToolTip="Settings">
                         <FontIcon Glyph="&#xE713;"
                                   FontSize="20"
@@ -444,6 +469,18 @@
                 </StackPanel>
             </Border>
 
+            <!-- ─── Settings drawer (slides over rows 1-3) ─── -->
+            <views:SettingsDrawer x:Name="SettingsDrawerHost"
+                                  Grid.Row="0"
+                                  Grid.RowSpan="4"
+                                  HorizontalAlignment="Right"
+                                  Width="400"
+                                  IsHitTestVisible="False">
+                <views:SettingsDrawer.RenderTransform>
+                    <TranslateTransform x:Name="DrawerTransform" X="400"/>
+                </views:SettingsDrawer.RenderTransform>
+            </views:SettingsDrawer>
+
             <!-- ─── Status bar ─── -->
             <Grid Grid.Row="4"
                   Padding="32,8,32,8"
diff --git a/src/TeamsISO.App.WinUI/Views/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/src/TeamsISO.App.WinUI/Views/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index 5d0adcf..64e4645 100644
--- a/src/TeamsISO.App.WinUI/Views/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/TeamsISO.App.WinUI/Views/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -63,6 +63,50 @@ public sealed partial class MainWindow : Window
         ThemeManager.Current.Toggle();
     }
 
+    private bool _drawerOpen;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Toggle the settings drawer with a slide animation. The drawer is
+    /// pre-translated 400px off the right edge in XAML; the storyboard
+    /// animates X back to 0 to slide it in. Hit-testing is gated so the
+    /// off-screen drawer doesn't intercept clicks on the participants list.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void OnSettingsClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (_drawerOpen)
+        {
+            CloseDrawer();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            OpenDrawer();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void OpenDrawer()
+    {
+        if (_drawerOpen) return;
+        _drawerOpen = true;
+        SettingsDrawerHost.IsHitTestVisible = true;
+        var sb = (Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media.Animation.Storyboard)((Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid)Content)
+            .Resources["DrawerSlideIn"];
+        sb.Begin();
+        SettingsDrawerHost.CloseRequested -= OnDrawerCloseRequested;
+        SettingsDrawerHost.CloseRequested += OnDrawerCloseRequested;
+    }
+
+    private void CloseDrawer()
+    {
+        if (!_drawerOpen) return;
+        _drawerOpen = false;
+        var sb = (Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media.Animation.Storyboard)((Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Grid)Content)
+            .Resources["DrawerSlideOut"];
+        sb.Completed += (_, _) => SettingsDrawerHost.IsHitTestVisible = false;
+        sb.Begin();
+    }
+
+    private void OnDrawerCloseRequested(object? sender, System.EventArgs e) => CloseDrawer();
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Push a resolved theme to the visual tree and to the AppWindow
     /// title-bar buttons. Called on every <see cref="ThemeManager.Themed"/>