Outlook authentication for the application - API

Darak, Seraj 1 Reputation point
2021-03-17T17:00:23.86+00:00

Outlook authentication for the application - API

Is there a way of developing a plugin for outlook, that allows user to enter a password and MFA token. This is at the main authentication screen - for Outlook. The password and MFA token, will be authenticated by a Kerberos server [Workmail in AWS]. If the login is succcessful, the user can proceed to open Outlook

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An Office service that supports add-ins to interact with objects in Office client applications.
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Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
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  1. Deva-MSFT 2,256 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2021-03-19T11:08:38.08+00:00

    Your Outlook add-in can access information from anywhere on the Internet, whether from the server that hosts the add-in, from your internal network, or from somewhere else in the cloud. If that information is protected, your add-in needs a way to authenticate your user. Outlook add-ins provide a number of different methods to authenticate, depending on your specific scenario. You may want get it started from here, consider oAuth2 flows and see other which options suits your scenario.

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