Connect your Outlook / Microsoft account

Step by step

1. 1. In Bostaji, choose “Connect Outlook”.

   On startup, or from the account settings, Bostaji offers to connect a mailbox. Choose the Outlook / Microsoft option.

   [SCREENSHOT — the app's “Connect Outlook” button — to be added]

2. 2. Your browser opens on the Microsoft page.

   Bostaji opens your browser on Microsoft's official sign-in page. You choose the account (Outlook, Hotmail, Microsoft 365 or Exchange) you want to connect and you sign in with Microsoft as usual.

   [SCREENSHOT — Microsoft's sign-in page — to be added]

3. 3. Microsoft asks you to validate the permissions.

   Microsoft shows the list of access Bostaji requests: read and organise your messages, send a draft you have validated, read your calendar to suggest time slots, and read your mailbox settings. The detail (and why each access is requested) is in section 7 of our privacy policy.

   [SCREENSHOT — Microsoft's consent screen — to be added]

4. 4. You validate, and you come back into Bostaji.

   Once the permissions are granted, Microsoft sends you back to the application, which takes over. The connection is done; you will not have to go through this screen every time you open the app.

What makes this step safe

• Your Microsoft credentials stay with Microsoft. You type them on Microsoft's page, never in Bostaji. Bostaji only ever receives an access key, kept in your computer's system vault.
• The URL stays a Microsoft URL. Check that you are indeed on a login.microsoftonline.com (or login.live.com) domain when you sign in.
• You stay in control at all times. You can revoke Bostaji's access from your Microsoft account privacy settings, with no action needed on our side.