Introduction
Howwe's integration with Microsoft Outlook helps users stay on top of strategic work by syncing key activities directly into their personal Outlook calendars. This ensures important commitments are prioritized. Key activities with automatically show up in the outlook calendar if this connection is made which acts as both a reminder but also an easy way to report on the specific Key activity.
In order to opt out from this integration with outlook calendar, go to User Settings and deactivate.
There are two ways to integrate with Outlook Calendar. Either there is a company-wide integration or the user can choose to integrate with Outlook Calendar themself.
🔐 Step-by-Step Guide for User: How to Enable Outlook Calendar Integration
Step 1: Go to 'My Page' in Howwe
Step 2: Open 'User Settings'
Step 3: Activate Calendar Integration by following the instructions
Note that you first will need to open Microsoft Authentication and then return to the activation page in Howwe.
🔐 Step-by-Step Guide for Company-Wide Integration: How to Enable Outlook Calendar Integration for everyone
✅ Step 1: Provide a Contact with Admin Rights
For Howwe to begin the integration process, your company must provide:
A contact person who has Global Admin rights in Microsoft Azure, typically in your IT department.
This person will receive a secure consent link generated by Howwe.
What you do:
Identify and confirm the IT contact.
Send their name and email to your Howwe representative
🔒 Only this person will need to approve the integration by clicking the consent link. No further action is needed from your side for this step.
✅ Step 2: Consent and Setup by Howwe
Once the IT contact is assigned:
Howwe generates and sends a Microsoft consent link.
The IT admin approves the permissions for:
Reading and writing calendar events
Signing in and reading user profiles
Accessing user details for calendar sync
After approval, Howwe retrieves your Tenant ID and configures the backend setup via Microsoft Graph API.
✅ You will be notified once the system is ready to sync events from Howwe to Outlook.
✅ Step 3: How the Calendar Sync Works
Howwe creates Outlook events based on your Key Activities using your Microsoft
UserPrincipalName.Calendar events are:
Synced automatically
Tied to Howwe’s internal IDs
Updated or removed if changes are made in Howwe
Events not created by Howwe are never accessed or modified.
Want to Learn More?
If you’d like additional information about the Outlook integration, reach out to your Howwe representative and we’ll happily book a meeting to walk you through it.
We can also provide a technical description of the integration upon request.