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# Integrate with Outlook

> Send information and email invitations to event participants directly from your workflow.

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  <Accordion title="Prepare to connect to Microsoft">
    As part of the integration, you need to allowlist the Next Matter domain and create a service account. [See if you've completed all the required steps](/docs/integrate-with-microsoft).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="I want to send an email code-free">
    Use a Next Matter no-code step (**+ Add step > Integrations**) For details, see [Connect to outlook code-free](/docs/connect-to-microsoft-outlook-code-free)
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="I want to use an advanced integration: email invite">
    ### Send an email invite

    1. In your Next Matter portal, click **Workflows**, and then click the workflow that should send invites to Outlook.
    2. Click **Edit workflow**.
    3. Click **+Add step** and select **Integration > Custom integration**.
    4. Click **Settings** to configure the step.
    5. Enter the following details:
       * **Method**: POST
       * **URL**: `https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/YOUR_USER_ID/calendar/events` Your user ID is the unique email address that was created for you to use when you sign in to Microsoft 365. A user ID may look similar to the following: `ellen@contoso.partner.onmschina.cn`
       * **Headers**: Content-Type: application/json
       * In the **Body** enter the values. For example, the body might look like the following.

             <CodeGroup>
               ```json JSON theme={null}
               {
                 "subject": "EMAIL_SUBJECT", //this is a placeholder
                 "body": {
                   "contentType": "HTML",
                   "content": "EMAIL_CONTENT" //this is a placeholder
                 },
                 "start": {
                     "dateTime": "START_DATE_YYYY-MM-DD & START_TIME_HH:MM:SS", //this is a placeholder
                     "timeZone": "TIMEZONE" //this is a placeholder
                 },
                 "end": {
                     "dateTime": "END_DATE_YYYY-MM-DD & END_TIME_HH:MM:SS", //this is a placeholder
                     "timeZone": "TIMEZONE" //this is a placeholder
                 },
                 "location":{
                     "displayName": "LOCATION_NAME" //this is a placeholder; it can be  event location or a meeting link for a virtual meeting
                 },
                 "attendees": [ //you cabn have multiple attendees
                   {
                     "emailAddress": {
                       "address":"ATTENDEE_1_Email_Address", //this is a placeholder
                       "name": "ATTENDEE_1_Name" //this is a placeholder
                     },
                     "type": "Required / Optional" //select one
                   },
               {
                     "emailAddress": {
                       "address":"ATTENDEE_2_Email_Address", //this is a placeholder
                       "name": "ATTENDEE_2_Name" //this is a placeholder
                     },
                     "type": "Required / Optional" //select one
                   },
                 ]
               }
               ```
             </CodeGroup>
    6. Save your changes.
  </Accordion>
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