Managing appointments effectively is crucial for both businesses and individuals. Easy Appointments, a flexible WordPress booking plugin, becomes even more powerful when integrated with Microsoft Outlook. This integration allows users to seamlessly sync appointments, avoid scheduling conflicts, and manage bookings directly from their Outlook calendar.
By connecting Easy Appointments with Outlook, you not only streamline scheduling but also ensure that every appointment is automatically reflected in your calendar, making time management simpler, smarter, and more efficient.
In this tutorial, we will go through the step-by-step process of setting up Outlook.
- Ensure that the Easy Appointments plugin is installed on your site and kept up to date with the latest release. If you’re not sure where to get it, use this link to download the most recent ZIP file and install it on your website.
- Click on Easy Appointments and select the ‘Connect Beta’ option. You will be redirected to the Outlook setup page.
- The Dashboard will look like this.
- To obtain “Client ID“, “Client secret” and “Tenant ID” , You have to login on Azure platform.
- Login into Azure and click on view.
- Click on “Add” and select “App Registration” .
- In the “Register an Application” window:
- Enter a name for your app.
- Under “Who can use this application or access this API?”, select:
Accounts in any organizational directory (Any Azure AD directory – Multitenant) and personal Microsoft accounts (e.g., Skype, Xbox).
- In Redirect URI, choose “Web”.
- Paste the Redirect URI provided in the Outlook Integration Settings of the plugin’s back-end.
- If you are using the front-end Employee Panel and want employees to connect their Outlook calendars, also add the URL of the page where the panel is located.
- Once all details are filled in, click “Register” to create the application.
- Also, click on Client Credentials to create a client secret. Add new client secret.
- Add Details in that box.
- All all details on your WordPress Admin account. Save it and Click on Authorize.
- It will redirect you on outlook page. This way you can setup the Outlook in Easy appointment.
That’s it for this tutorial. If you need any further assistance, please feel free to reach out to us directly.