Outlook

Outlook (opens new window) is a personal information manager from Microsoft that is part of the Microsoft Office suite. It includes email, calendaring, contacts, and task services.

API version

The Outlook connector uses the Microsoft Graph API v1.0 (opens new window).

How to connect to Outlook

The Outlook connector uses OAuth 2.0 authentication to authenticate with Outlook.

Complete the following steps to set up your Outlook connection:

1

Enter a Connection name that identifies the Outlook instance with which you plan to connect Workato.

2

Select a Location for your connection.

3

Optional: Expand the Advanced settings section to select the permissions you plan to request for your connection. Workato uses the default permissions specified in the Default scopes section if you leave this field blank.

4

Click Sign in with Microsoft to initiate the authorization process.

Connect your Outlook account

5

Enter your sign-in credentials in the Sign in to your account dialog.

Outlook sign-in dialog

After you sign in, Outlook prompts you to confirm the specific permissions you're giving to Workato to access your Outlook account.

Permissions required to connect

Workato requires the following permissions to automate your workflows. Microsoft confirms the permissions with you after you sign in.

Default scopes

By default, the connection requests the following scopes. These scopes are necessary to use all of this connector's triggers and actions:

• Mail.Send
• Mail.ReadWrite.Shared
• Calendars.ReadWrite
• Calendars.ReadWrite.Shared
• User.Read
• offline_access

Minimum scopes

The following minimum scopes are required to establish a connection to Outlook:

• User.Read
• offline_access