Connecting Outlook and Microsoft 365
Sign in with Microsoft, the three permissions and what each is for, the verified publisher on the permission screen, what Approval required means, and how to disconnect.
Updated 31 October 2026
Pensova works with Outlook calendars the way it works with Google Calendar: a personal account (outlook.com, hotmail.com, live.com) or a work or school account on Microsoft 365. Press Continue with Microsoft on the sign-in page, pick the account whose calendar you want your week planned around, and approve the permissions.
What Pensova asks Microsoft for
Three things, all about the calendar:
- Have full access to your calendars
Calendars.ReadWrite - To list the calendars you have, see when you are busy, and create, move and delete the blocks it makes for your tasks. It only ever changes events it created.
- Read your mailbox settings
MailboxSettings.Read - For your time zone and working hours, so blocks land at the right hours. It is a settings read, not your mail.
- Maintain access to data you have given it access to
offline_access - So Pensova can keep your blocks up to date between visits, and move one when a meeting lands on it.
No mail, no contacts, no files. Microsoft shows the list before you approve it. Its wording is broader than Google’s because Microsoft has no permission that covers only the events an app made, so the calendar permission reads as full access. What Pensova does with it is the same as on Google: it touches nothing it did not create.
What the permission screen shows
The screen names the app, Pensova, and the publisher, Pensova Corp., with Microsoft’s verified-publisher mark beside it. Microsoft verified Pensova Corp. in October 2026. If the screen says “unverified” instead, stop and write to support@pensova.com: that word should not appear for Pensova.
“Approval required”
A work or school account may show Approval required instead of the permissions. Your organization’s IT team approves apps before anyone can connect them, and Microsoft asks you for a line of justification to send them. That is their policy, not Pensova’s, and it applies to every outside app. Two ways on: type a line and press Request approval, then sign in again once they have approved it; or press Cancel and sign in with a personal Microsoft account or a Google account instead. After Cancel the sign-in page says the sign-in was cancelled; nothing else happened.
What is the same, and what is different
- Every calendar on the account is listed, shared ones included, and you choose which count as busy. See Choosing which calendars count.
- A meeting that lands on a task block moves the block within about a minute. Microsoft tells Pensova when a calendar changes, and Pensova checks every quarter of an hour as well.
- A block you move or delete in Outlook stays moved or deleted, exactly as in Google Calendar.
- Pensova plans around one account’s calendars. If a Google calendar and an Outlook calendar are both connected to the same Pensova account, the Google one is used.
Connecting after the fact
If you signed in but the calendar is not connected, the app says so at the top of Settings and on the Getting started card. Sign out and sign in with Microsoft again, approving the permissions this time.
Disconnecting
On a personal account, open Apps and services you have given access to and remove Pensova. On a work or school account, open My Apps, find Pensova, open its menu, choose Manage your application, then Revoke consent; if your admin approved it for everyone, ask them. Access stops immediately. Events already on your calendar stay; they are yours. To delete the account and everything stored with it, see Security and your data.