How To Connect to Microsoft365 Mailbox using Modern Authentication in C# .NET

EwsConnectionWithAppAuth.cs

// Use Microsoft365 username and access token
NetworkCredential credentials = new OAuthNetworkCredential(username, accessToken);

using var client = EWSClient.GetEWSClient("https://outlook.office365.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx", credentials);

EwsConnectionWithDelegatedAuth.cs

NetworkCredential credentials = new OAuthNetworkCredential(accessToken);

using var client = EWSClient.GetEWSClient("https://outlook.office365.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx", credentials);

GetTokenSmtpImap.cs

public class AccessParameters
{
    public string TenantId { get; set; }
    public string ClientId { get; set; }
    public string RedirectUri { get; set; } = "http://localhost";
    public string[] Scopes { get; set; } = { 
        "https://outlook.office.com/IMAP.AccessAsUser.All", 
        "https://outlook.office.com/SMTP.Send" };
}

public static async Task<string> GetAccessToken(AccessParameters accessParameters)
{
    var pca = PublicClientApplicationBuilder
                            .Create(accessParameters.ClientId)
                            .WithTenantId(accessParameters.TenantId)
                            .WithRedirectUri(ccessParameters.RedirectUri)
                            .Build();

    var result = await pca.AcquireTokenInteractive(accessParameters.Scopes)
        .WithUseEmbeddedWebView(false)
        .ExecuteAsync();

    return result.AccessToken;
}

GetTokenWithAppAuth.cs

public class AccessParameters
{
    public string TenantId { get; set; }
    public string ClientId { get; set; }
    public string ClientSecret { get; set; }
    public string[] Scopes { get; set; } = { "https://outlook.office365.com/.default" };
}

public static async Task<string> GetAccessToken(AccessParameters accessParameters)
{
    var cca = ConfidentialClientApplicationBuilder
        .Create(accessParameters.ClientId)
        .WithClientSecret(accessParameters.ClientSecret)
        .WithTenantId(accessParameters.TenantId)
        .Build();

    var result = await cca.AcquireTokenForClient(accessParameters.Scopes).ExecuteAsync();

    return result.AccessToken;
}

GetTokenWithDelegatedAuth.cs

public class AccessParameters
{
    public string TenantId { get; set; }
    public string ClientId { get; set; }
    public string RedirectUri { get; set; } = "http://localhost";
    public string[] Scopes { get; set; } = { "https://outlook.office365.com/EWS.AccessAsUser.All" };
}

public static async Task<string> GetAccessToken(AccessParameters accessParameters)
{
    var pca = PublicClientApplicationBuilder
                            .Create(accessParameters.ClientId)
                            .WithTenantId(accessParameters.TenantId)
                            .WithRedirectUri(ccessParameters.RedirectUri)
                            .Build();

    var result = await pca.AcquireTokenInteractive(accessParameters.Scopes)
        .WithUseEmbeddedWebView(false)
        .ExecuteAsync();

    return result.AccessToken;
}

ImapConnectionModernAuth.cs

var imapClient = new ImapClient(
    "outlook.office365.com", 
    993, 
    username, 
    accessToken, 
    true);

SmtpConnectionModernAuth.cs

var smtpClient = new SmtpClient(
    "smtp.office365.com",
    587, 
    username,
    accessToken, 
    true);