Set up your Microsoft Azure account

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title: Set up your Microsoft Azure account
description: Complete the following setup tasks in your Microsoft Azure portal prior to installing the ServiceNow application for this integration. This account permits access to the Microsoft Exchange Online tenant for email message details.
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product: Security Incident Response
classification: security-incident-response
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Microsoft Exchange Online integration, Security Incident Response integrations, Security Incident Response, Enterprise security case management applications, Security Operations]
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# Set up your Microsoft Azure account

Complete the following setup tasks in your Microsoft Azure portal prior to installing the ServiceNow application for this integration. This account permits access to the Microsoft Exchange Online tenant for email message details.

## Before you begin

Role required: Microsoft Azure portal administrator

This account is required to access the Microsoft Exchange Online tenant to gather additional email message details and to delete email messages. This account is set up in the Microsoft Azure portal.

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## Procedure

1.  If you have not created an application ID for OAUTH authentication in the Microsoft Azure portal, follow these steps.

    1.  Log in to the Microsoft Azure portal using your Azure portal administrator credentials.

    2.  Enter **App registrations** in the **Search** box.

    3.  Select **New registration**.

    4.  Fill in the Register an application form that is displayed.

        |Field|Description|
        |-----|-----------|
        |**Name**|Name for the application. In this example, `ServiceNow Exchange Online Integration` is entered.|
        |**Supported account types**|For this account, in Supported account types, select **Accounts in this organizational directory only \(your organization name\)**. This domain is used for the email searches.|
        |**Redirect URL \(optional\)**|If you enter a value for this field, it is not used by the integration.|

    5.  Select **Register**.

        An Application ID is created. This ID is similar to a user name. You enter this value on the configuration page in the **OAUTH Application ID** field during the configuration step in your ServiceNow AI Platform instance that is described in [Configure the Microsoft Exchange Online integration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/security-management/security-incident-response/msx_configure.md).

    6.  Under **Manage** select, **Manifest**.

    7.  Find the **requiredResourceAccess** entry \(on or about line 52\).

    8.  Modify **resourceAppId**, **resourceAccess id**, and **resourceAccess type** values with the following code snippet:

        \[Omitted image "code-snippet.png"\] Alt text: Code snippit.

    9.  Select **Save**.

    10. Under **Manage** select, **API permissions**.

    11. Select **Add a Permission**.

    12. In the Request API permissions pane that is displayed, select **Microsoft Graph**.

    13. In the Request API permissions pane that is displayed, select **Application permissions**.

    14. In the Select Permissions field that is displayed, enter **Threat** and select the **ThreatHunting.Read.All** check box.

    15. Select **Grant Admin Consent for <Organization>**.

    16. Select **Yes**.

        The **Status** value should now be **Granted for <Organization>**.\[Omitted image "ms-exchange-admin-consent.png"\] Alt text: Grant admin consent.


## What to do next

You are ready to set up your ServiceNow AI Platform® instance for the integration.

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