[Users] OAuth2 Setup for Outlook.com Email Accounts

[Chris Schrauben]

On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:58:35 -0400
Dustin Miller <dustbiz at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm wanting to set up a couple outlook.com email accounts with Oauth2.
> However, when I follow the instructions in the FAQ and (in the Azure
> portal) click on 'View' under 'Manage Microsoft Entra ID', I get an
> error pop-up that indicates some sort of authentication problem and
> includes phrases something like 'Selected user account does not exist
> in tenant 'Microsoft Services' and cannot access the application'. It
> suggests signing in again with a different account or perhaps the same
> account, but that doesn't help. It also gives the option of ignoring
> the error and continuing with limited functionality, but that doesn't
> work either.
> 
> Searching online shows that multiple people have run into this same or
> a similar problem when trying to access one or more of Microsoft's
> service pages via their Microsoft account, but I haven't found any
> kind of solution. (One person fixed their problem by 'deleting Azure'
> and another by re-installing Windows, but neither of those apply to my
> situation. 🙂️ ) The above issue prevents me from doing the necessary
> set up in Azure.
> 
> Has anyone run into this problem and figured out a way to get around
> it? Has anyone gotten Oauth2 successfully set up for an outlook.com
> email account in Claws? Any tips or ideas on how I might be able to
> move forward with this?
I ran in to this issue today with three accounts, one is my wife's. When
I go to Azure, in each account I am shown this on the App
registrations page. "These applications are associated with the account
redacted at hotmail.com but are not contained within any
directory. The ability to create applications outside of a directory
has been deprecated. You can get a new directory by joining the M365
Developer Program or signing up for Azure. When I try to add a New
registration on the same page I get this message "The ability to create
applications outside of a directory has been deprecated. You may get a
new directory by joining the M365 Developer Program or signing up for
Azure. The only option is Cancel. So it looks like I have to create an
Azure account. Signing up requires my address and phone number
(billing address). I do have access to these account via the browser
and Outlook App. When logging in via the browser, I am sent a code
message via the App. Not sure I want to create an Azure account. Any
why the current instruction in the FAQ are outdated.

Chris
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