An authenticated connection to Office 365 is required in order to access emails, or files from Microsofts Services. This guide is a walk-through to establish an OAuth application connection, based up on Microsofts interface in the year 2022.
The following prerequisites must be fulfilled for a successful connection to Microsoft Office 365 authentication service:
If an e-mail retrieval or dispatch is initiated with this profile, the following requirements must be met:
smtp-mail.outlook.com
, imap-mail.outlook.com
outlook.office365.com
, smtp.office365.com
.You are about to create a new application now. This application will provide the authentication credentials for the OAuth connection we want to add to INETAPP.
Azure Active Directory
from the overviewApp registrations
from the sidebar menuNew registration
from the menuIn the newly opened page you have to configure your application (see image below):
Web
as the Redirect URL type.Register
at the bottom of the dialogIn the INETAPP server configuration, open the Office365 configuration dialog as seen in the image below. There you have to fill in the missing information.
Note: If you selected Single Tenant in the account type configuration, you have to enter the tenants name in the respective field of the configuration. Otherwise it must be left empty.
The Client ID is displayed in the overview, directly after creating the application. It is displayed as Application (client) ID
in the Essentials section of the application, directly below the applications name. Paste the Client ID into the OAuth Connection dialog.
The Client Secret has to be created separately. You can use the link Add a certificate or secret
in the essentials section to navigate there.
New client secret
in the Client secrets tabAdd
You must now copy the new entry from the Value
column from the table and paste it into the OAuth Connection dialog.
Note: The Secret ID is considered a password, so please keep it in a safe place.