Synced, the AI inbox assistant, connects to Outlook through Microsoft's sign-in and permission screen. It reads new mail, searches past messages for context, proposes meeting times from your Outlook calendar, and drafts replies that go out from your own address only after you approve them. Work, school, and personal Outlook.com accounts can connect. Outlook is part of the Pro plan.
What Synced does with an Outlook email
Outlook mail tends to come with meetings attached. A partner asks to push Thursday's review and wants the updated budget before then. That's a calendar change, a file, and a reply, and Synced treats it as one Action Plan.
The reply and the calendar change both wait in Decide. Nothing moves until you approve.
Approve the draft and it sends from your Outlook address in the same conversation. Approve the calendar change separately, or edit the time first.
What you can hand off in Outlook
Replies from your own address
Drafts are written after Synced reads the full conversation, and approved replies send from the Outlook account the email came to.
Outlook calendar, included
Connecting Outlook also lets Synced check your Outlook calendar for open time and prepare new or changed events for your approval.
Search across old mail
When an email refers to "the numbers from March," Synced searches your past Outlook messages to find what that means.
OneDrive attachments
Connect OneDrive too and Synced can attach the actual file someone asked for, unchanged.
How to connect Outlook to Synced
- 1Open Settings in Synced
Sign in at mail.syncedinbox.com or in the iOS app, then open Settings and find Outlook under Inboxes.
- 2Review the permissions sheet
Synced lists what it reads automatically (your inbox, past email, your calendar) and what always needs your approval (sending email, creating or changing events).
- 3Sign in with Microsoft
Pick the work, school, or personal account to connect and accept Microsoft's consent screen.
- 4Check the account in Settings
The account shows up under Outlook. Add more accounts there and pick which one is the default.
Microsoft permissions Synced requests for Outlook
Microsoft shows each of these on its consent screen before you connect. In plain terms:
| Access | What Synced uses it for |
|---|---|
| Read your mail | Understand new emails and search older ones for context. |
| Read and write your mail | Create drafts, and archive or mark messages read when you do that in Synced. |
| Send mail as you | Send replies you've approved, from your own address. |
| Read and write your calendars | Check availability and create or update events you've approved. |
| Read and write mailbox settings | Set an out-of-office auto-reply when you ask Synced to. |
| Sign you in, read your profile, keep access | Identify the account and stay connected until you disconnect it. |
Microsoft Teams and OneDrive are separate connections with their own consent screens.
Some Microsoft 365 organizations require an admin to approve third-party apps. If Microsoft shows an approval-required message instead of the permissions list, your IT admin needs to allow Synced first.
Which Synced plan includes Outlook
Outlook is included on Pro ($29.99/user/month, or $24.99 billed annually) and Enterprise. The Free plan's email Inbox is Gmail. Inboxes are unlimited on every plan, and Pro covers 100 Action Plans a week. See pricing.