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  1. Click on File > New Mail > Mail Account


  2. Select Identity on the left hand side. Enter your full name (first and last) and UWaterloo email address (i.e. j25rober@uwaterloo.ca)


  3. Unselect the “Look up mail server details based on entered email address” option


  4. Select the server type as Exchange Web Services
    Note: If the Exchange Web Services option is not available, the add-on for this must be installed onto Evolution. On Ubuntu, this can be done through the Ubuntu Software Store


  5. Enter your UWaterloo email address (i.e. j25rober@uwaterloo.ca)
    a. Change the host URL to https://outlook.office365.com/
    b. Change the authentication method to OAuth2 (Office365)
    c. Click the Fetch URL button


  6. Authenticate with DUO (2 factor authentication)

  7. Select Next.

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    1. Two-factor authentication is known to be completed once the OAB URL is auto populated with an address. Select Next and modify default mail account configuration

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    1. , if needed. 

Warning

If you are using earlier versions of Ubuntu with Evolution, the following error will occur: 8 Data source “username@uwaterloo.ca” does not support OAuth 2.0 authentication. This is because a tenant ID and application ID must be retrieved. To do so, please follow the “Find the tenant ID” and “Create the application” instructions listed on this article: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/EWS/OAuth2.

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