Syncing Your Email and Calendar to Aspire

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Overview

Emails you send from Aspire can go through your Exchange, Gmail, or Microsoft 365 account and display in your Sent folder. You can also pull selected emails from your Exchange, Microsoft 365, or Gmail account into Aspire.

Calendar appointments you create in Aspire, Exchange, Gmail, or Microsoft 365 can also sync in both directions.

Things to know

  • Before you set up email sync, read the Email Authentication Requirements for Aspire article. This helps confirm that your IT administration is set up to send email through Aspire.

  • Recurring appointments must be scheduled in Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft 365, or Gmail, but can display in Aspire if synced.

  • Calendar events created outside of Aspire are read-only.

  • When syncing email, mail-enabled groups, such as distribution lists or shared mailboxes, are not supported.

Set up email and calendar sync

You can sync your email and calendar from Microsoft 365, Exchange, or Google.

  1. Select your profile icon in the lower-left corner, then select User Settings.

  2. In the Sync section, select the Sync Email and Sync Calendar checkboxes.

  3. Optional: Select the Sync Aspire Folder checkbox. Learn more in the Using the Sync Aspire Folder section.

  4. Choose a Calendar Privacy setting. Learn more in the Calendar Privacy section.

  5. Select your Provider menu and refer to the relevant steps below to set it up.

Microsoft 365

  1. Select Save in the upper-right corner of the page.

  2. In the Microsoft 365 login prompt that displays, log in with your email and password.

  3. You may be prompted to grant permissions to Aspire. If you see an Admin approval required message, contact your company’s Microsoft administrator to grant these permissions so you can complete the sync.

    1. Microsoft administrators can do this by finding and approving the consent request for the Aspire application within their Microsoft Azure (or Entra ID) portal. For detailed, up-to-date instructions, refer to Microsoft's official documentation in the Review and take action on admin consent requests article.

  4. If you have MFA, you’re prompted to authenticate.

Note: The sync token lasts 90 days and refreshes each time you log in.

Warning: Only sync one Aspire user per Microsoft 365 account to avoid potential throttling from Microsoft.

Exchange

  1. Enter the Email Address, Username, and Password for your Exchange account.

  2. Select Save in the upper-right corner of the page.

Google

  1. Enter your work Email Address for your Google account.

  2. Select Save in the upper-right corner.

  3. A login prompt from Google displays. Sign in with your email and password. If MFA is on, you will be prompted to authenticate.

    Note: The sync token lasts 90 days and refreshes each time you sign in. It can take up to 24 hours for the Aspire labels to display in Gmail.

Using the Sync Aspire Folder option

When you select this option, Aspire adds a folder (or "label" in Gmail) to your email account named Aspire and another named Processed.

To sync a specific email, move it from your inbox into the Aspire folder. After the next hourly sync, the email moves to the Processed folder and displays on the Activities tab for the contact whose email address displays in the message.

Note: When you sync an email this way, the Regarding field in Aspire is not filled out. Go to that email activity in Aspire and manually attach it to an Opportunity, Property, or Work Ticket.

Calendar privacy

This setting controls who can see your synced calendar events in Aspire:

  • Public: Makes your calendar visible to all users in your company.

  • Private: Appointment details are visible only to users you share your calendar with. Other users will only see a block of time without details.

How to resync your email and calendar

If your synced emails are showing as "Undeliverable" or are sending to the wrong locations, you may need to resync your account.

  1. Select your profile icon, then select User Settings.

  2. Clear the Sync Email and Sync Calendar checkboxes, then select Save.

  3. Return to User Settings.

  4. Re-select Sync Email and Sync Calendar.

  5. Choose your Provider, then follow the steps for that provider.

  6. Select Save.

If this doesn’t fix the problem, contact the AspireCare team for help.

Troubleshooting

  • Unsupported provider: Aspire supports Exchange, Microsoft 365, and Google. Any other providers must rely on the SMTP option via SPF and DNS validation.

  • Password changes and token expiration: The Aspire sync token lasts for 90 days and refreshes when you sign in. If you change your Exchange, Google, or Microsoft password, your sync will break. Follow the resync steps to resolve the issue.