Configure your own connection and credential alias for personal authentication mode
Configure your own connection and credential alias if you don’t want to use the default alias created during the personal authentication mode application registration. You can configure your calendar to use the alias as an override alias.
Before you begin
Note: Configure your own connection and credential alias only when multiple delegated user emails are required. Ensure that the alias is specified on the calendar provider as well.
Confirm that the application scope is set to Workplace Calendar Synchronization.
Role required: admin
About this task
The application by default provides a connection and credential. Perform this procedure if you want to create your own connection and credential alias instead of using the default alias. If you want to use the default alias, refer to Configure a personal authentication mode Connection and Credential alias for Microsoft Exchange Online.
Procedure
Navigate to All > Connections & Credentials > Connection & Credential Aliases.
Select New.
On the form, fill in the fields.
Field Description Name Name for the connection and credential alias. ID The field is automatically generated after you save the form based on the specified Name. Application Ensure that the application is set as Workplace Calendar Synchronization Parent alias Select sn_ex_online_spke.Microsoft_Exchange_Online. Select Submit.
The Connection and Credential alias record is created. As the next step, you must create a OAuth 2.0 credential record.
Create an OAuth 2.0 credential to use in the newly created connection and credential alias record.
Navigate to All > Connections & Credentials > Credentials.
Select New.
Select OAuth 2.0 Credentials.
On the form, fill in the fields.
Field Descriptions Name Name of the credential. Provide a unique name to differentiate from the default credentials provided by the application. Active Option to activate the credential. OAuth Entity Profile Select the default OAuth entity profile that was generated when you performed the personal authentication mode app registry in Set up personal authentication mode OAuth connectivity with Microsoft Exchange Online. Applies to Specify how you want to apply to the MID Servers. Order Order for the credential. Select Submit.
The credential record is created.
Open the credential record that you created.
On the form, select Get OAuth Token.
Note: If you’re configuring a strict mode, then you must perform this step.
On the Microsoft window that opens, enter your credentials.
Select Update.
Configure the connection for the connection and credential alias.
Navigate to All > Connections & Credentials > Connection & Credential aliases.
Select the connection and credential record that you created in the initial steps.
In the Connections related list, select New.
On the form, fill in the fields.
Field Description Name Name of the connection. Credential Select the credential record that you created in Step 5. Connection alias The field is automatically set with the connection and credential alias. Connection URL Enter https://graph.microsoft.com Select Submit.
Parent Topic:Create a personal authentication mode connection with Microsoft Exchange Online
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