Configuring Microsoft 365 Integration for Linux

This article describes how to configure Microsoft 365 (M365) for Linux users (Ubuntu 21.04 or later), in accordance with 2-factor authentication.

Prior versions of Ubuntu are unable to configure Microsoft 365, and are restricted to using Thunderbird with email/IMAP. For instructions on how to configure the Thunderbird mail client: How to setup Microsoft 365 in Thunderbird

For more information about the M365 package, please refer to this article: https://uwaterloo.ca/office-365/

Step-by-step guide

1. Click on File > New Mail > Mail Account
   

   

   
   

2. Select Identity on the left hand side.

   1. Full Name: enter your full name (first and last)

   2. Email Address: enter your 8-character UWaterloo username and @uwaterloo.ca (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 8-character UWaterloo username and @uwaterloo.ca (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)

   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, if needed.