With the release of the Insider Fast version 16.11 (18013000), Outlook for Mac now supports OAuth for authentication for Google Accounts configured via IMAP. This feature will start rolling out slowly to our Insider Fast users. If you have a Google Account added via IMAP, you’ll be asked to authenticate using the new workflow.
The next thing we wondered was, does Microsoft Outlook support OAuth?
Modern Outlook supports oAuth but older ones do not., older i Phones, Android and other devices might not have it. Never fear, there’s a workaround. You don’t need to worry about the details of oAuth.
Which mail hosts support OAuth?
Many mail hosts have switched to oAuth, the latest is AT&T which prompted some emails from Office Watch readers. Modern Outlook supports oAuth but older ones do not.
A question we ran across in our research was “Which OAuth2 protocols are supported for Office 365?”.
OAuth2 support for IMAP, POP, SMTP protocols as described below is supported for both Microsoft 365 (which includes Office on the web) and Outlook., and com users. If you’re not familiar with the OAuth 2.0 protocol, start by reading the OAuth 2.0 protocol on Microsoft identity platform overview.
What is OAuth authentication for Exchange Online in Office 365?
You can use the OAuth authentication service provided by Azure Active Directory to enable your application to connect with IMAP, POP or SMTP protocols to access Exchange Online in Office 365. To use OAuth with your application you need to:.
Modern authentication is based on the Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL) and OAuth 2.0. When you enable modern authentication in Exchange Online, Windows-based Outlook clients that support modern authentication (Outlook 2013 or later) use modern authentication to connect to Exchange Online mailboxes.
How to authenticate a shared mailbox connection using OAuth?
In case of shared mailbox access using OAuth, application needs to obtain the access token on behalf of a user but replace the user. Name field in the SASL XOAUTH2 encoded string with the email address of the shared mailbox. To authenticate a IMAP server connection, the client will have to respond with an AUTHENTICATE command in the following format:.