Last updated: 6/18/2018
6/18/2018: This feature is being slowly rolled out to Production beginning in 16.14 (18061302).
Original post:
With the release of the Insider Fast version ...
I have the same issues as everyone else, i all of a sudden cannot access my gmail in outlook365 on mac and it prompts gmail authentication which i click allow and it just goes in circles. i tried accessing contact support in the help menu in outlook however it doesn't function. can someone direct me where to get this resolved? i've never had an issue with gmail until it prompted me to connect with MS apps. this is very frustrating
6/18/2018: This feature is being slowly rolled out to Production beginning in 16.14 (18061302).
Original post:
With the release of the Insider Fast version 16.11 (18013000), Outlook for Mac now supports OAuth for authentication for Google Accounts configured via IMAP. This feature will start rolling out slowly to our Insider Fast users.
If you have a Google Account added via IMAP, you'll be asked to authenticate using the new workflow. The two key benefits are:
No longer need to set “Allow less secure apps” for account
No longer need app password when 2-Step Verification is enabled
Previous authentication flow:
Basic authentication dialog
New authentication flow:
Sign in to Google via browser
Clicking on "Sign in to Google" (above) will launch the web browser to complete authentication.
Browser sign in
We would love to hear from you, so please provide feedback and report bugs, via Help > Contact Support. If you would like to see enhancements and additions to this feature, (or Outlook for Mac as a whole), please vote for the idea on our UserVoice site (Help > Suggest a Feature).
6/18/2018: Please ensure the "User name" field contains the full email address and matches "E-mail address" field in Account preferences for your Google Account configured via IMAP.