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1. Proposed title of this feature request
Detect Microsoft 365 non-worldwide cloud endpoints
3. What is the nature and description of the request?
Currently, Evolution's OAuth support for Microsoft 365 is hard-coded to look at only one endpoint (outlook.office365.com). Certain other cloud tenancies for Microsoft 365 have other endpoints that a customer might need to access (see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/microsoft-365-endpoints?view=o365-worldwide).
4. Why does the customer need this? (List the business requirements here)
Customer is a consumer of the US Goverment GCC High endpoint and requires e-mails to be digitally signed and/or encrypted in order to comply with DoD regulations. Microsoft 365 users cannot send signed or encrypted e-mail using the Outlook Web App in a web browser under Linux. Also note that Microsoft 365 GCC High does not support IMAP. The only option for signed/encrypted email under Red Hat Enterprise Linux is to use Evolution to connect to Microsoft 365 GCC High.
5. How would the customer like to achieve this? (List the functional requirements here)
Customer would like functionality to be implemented to be able to use the OAuth backend for Microsoft 365 with non-worldwide cloud endpoints, either through manual selection or automatic detection.
6. For each functional requirement listed, specify how Red Hat and the customer can test to confirm the requirement is successfully implemented.
Evolution can successfully configure an email/calendar Office365 account using the US Government GCC High endpoint (outlook.office365.us).
7. Is there already an existing RFE upstream or in Red Hat Bugzilla?
This RFE was filed upstream at <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-ews/-/issues/121>.
9. Is the sales team involved in this request and do they have any additional input?
Sales is not involved.
10. List any affected packages or components.
evolution
Thanks for a bug report. Let's move this to evolution-ews, where the code is. I already talk tot he reporter of the upstream bug, waiting for some information. "The worst" case would be to allow manual setting for now, possibly through gsettings. I might come with something more user friendly upstream, hopefully. The thing is that users will be able to connect to a Microsoft 365 site only with OAuth2 soon (this month), which will make the user sof the other than outlook.office365.com users out of the ability to connect (they could/can not use the OAuth2).
I just provided a patch upstream [1], which can be backported to RHEL. I'm only waiting for a confirmation from the upstream reporter that the things work as expected in the non-WorldWide environment. I also updated the documentation about the OAuth2 setup for the Exchange EWS [2] (that's referenced also from the tab when creating the account).
[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-ews/-/issues/121#note_927543
[2] https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/EWS/OAuth2
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.
For information on the advisory (Low: evolution security, bug fix, and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.
If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1752