Prerequisites for Creating a Connection

These are the prerequisites for creating a connection with the Microsoft Contact Adapter.

Note:

Before creating a Microsoft Contact Adapter connection, you must upload the trusted Microsoft Contact public certificate to Oracle Integration Cloud Service. The Microsoft Contact public certificate is created when you create the private key. Rename the public certificate file extension to .crt. To upload the certificate, see Uploading an SSL Certificate.

  1. Create a Microsoft Outlook account.

  2. Submit a request to outlookdev@microsoft.com to enable REST API functionality on the Micrsoft Outlook account. You can also create a developer preview account by submitting a request to the same email address.

  3. Follow the instructions provided in the email response sent by Microsoft.

  4. Open a web browser and navigate to https://apps.dev.microsoft.com/.

  5. Click Sign in with a Microsoft account and enter your email address and password.

  6. Click Sign in.

  7. Click Add an app.

  8. Enter a name for the application and click Create application.

  9. Click Generate New Key Pair to generate a private key.

  10. Enter a password for the key and click Ok.

  11. Select a location for the certificate and click OK.

  12. Copy or record the values in the Application Id and Private Key values. These values are required to create the connection in Oracle Integration Cloud Service.

  13. Click Add Platform.

  14. Click Web.

  15. Enter https://your_server/icsapis/agent/oauth/callback in the Enter a url field.

  16. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save.