How to Configure Outlook Auto-Login using Microsoft Intune Settings Catalog

Open your web browser and navigate to the Microsoft Intune Admin Center. Sign in with your administrator credentials that have Intune management permissions.

Navigate to: https://endpoint.microsoft.com

Once logged in, you'll see the main Intune dashboard. This is your central hub for managing all device configurations and policies.

Navigate to the configuration profiles section where you'll create the Outlook auto-login policy.

Go to: Devices > Windows > Configuration profiles

Click Create > New policy

Configure the following settings:

• Platform: Windows 10 and later
• Profile type: Settings catalog

Click Create to proceed to the next step.

Set up the basic information for your Outlook auto-login configuration profile.

Fill in the following details:

• Name: Outlook Auto-Login Configuration
• Description: Automatically configures Outlook profiles using Active Directory primary SMTP address

Click Next to proceed to the configuration settings.

Now you'll configure the specific setting that enables automatic Outlook profile configuration.

Click Add settings to open the settings picker.

In the search box, type: automatically configure profile

Navigate through the hierarchy:

1. Expand Microsoft Outlook 2016
2. Expand Account Settings
3. Expand Exchange
4. Select "Automatically configure profile based on Active Directory primary SMTP address (User)"

Set the value to Enabled

Close the settings picker and click Next.

Scope tags help you filter and manage policies in large organizations. For most deployments, you can skip this step.

If you need to assign scope tags:

• Click Select scope tags
• Choose the appropriate tags for your organization
• Click Select

If you don't need scope tags, simply click Next to continue.

Configure which users or devices will receive this Outlook auto-login configuration.

Under Included groups, click Add groups

Select your target Entra ID security groups. For initial testing, choose a small pilot group:

• Search for your test group (e.g., "Pilot Users" or "IT Department")
• Select the group(s)
• Click Select

Click Next to proceed to the final review.

Review all your configuration settings before creating the policy.

Verify the following details:

• Name: Outlook Auto-Login Configuration
• Platform: Windows 10 and later
• Profile type: Settings catalog
• Setting: Automatically configure profile based on Active Directory primary SMTP address (User) = Enabled
• Assigned groups: Your selected pilot group

If everything looks correct, click Create.

Monitor the policy deployment and verify it's working correctly on target devices.

Check Policy Status:

1. Go to Devices > Windows > Configuration profiles
2. Click on your "Outlook Auto-Login Configuration" policy
3. Review the Device status and User status tabs

Device-Level Verification:

On a target device, check the Event Viewer:

eventvwr.msc

Navigate to: Applications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows > DeviceManagement-Enterprise-Diagnostics-Provider > Admin

Look for Event ID 814 indicating successful policy application.

User Experience Verification:

1. Have a test user sign into a target device
2. Launch Microsoft Outlook
3. Outlook should automatically configure using their primary SMTP address
4. No manual profile setup should be required