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# Send email using client credential flow

# Sending email using client credential flow {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Brazil  
Updated September 10, 2026  
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Use the client credential flow to send emails from Microsoft Exchange Online.

Email account administrators, who are users that have the email_account_admin role, can configure ServiceNow AI Platform to send emails from an Microsoft Exchange Online tenant. The email account administrators can use SMTP by authenticating with a client ID and client secret or with certificates.
* **[Activate OAuth support](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/_u40lrJoeTCv6EOQaDbiaw)**   
  You can activate the Email:OAUTH support for IMAP, Microsoft Graph (Receiving), and SMTP plugin (com.glide.email.oauth) for Notifications if you have the admin role.
* **[Configure client credential flow for SMTP OAuth2 using a client id and secret](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/KPQ_sCofmzXcCn146JJsuA)**   
  Configure outbound email accounts in a ServiceNow instance using a client id and secret.
* **[Register an OAuth provider](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/NwrQqusVyDzyhGgoB60nbA)**   
  Use the information generated during the Microsoft Azure account configuration to register an application as an OAuth provider.
* **[Configure client credential flow for SMTP OAuth2 using certificate-based authentication](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/oESva4BoHU7VaWCRC0wpkw)**   
  Configure an OAuth application profile to authenticate using certificates for outbound email.
* **[Create an email account with SMTP OAuth2.0](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/eoC9LHp2GoxwaG1ojsrGVQ)**   
  Create an email account from Microsoft Exchange Online with SMTP OAuth2.0.