AEU Meeting Date 2 Sept 2026 starting at 18:00 UK Time (UTC+1)	Last Updated 10 Sept 2026

Meeting Details:

This Access Europe meeting will be on Wednesday 2 Sept 2026 starting at 18:00 UK time (6PM UTC+1) and finishing at about 19:30 (7.30PM)

The start time is equivalent to 19:00 (7PM) in Central Europe and 10AM in Seattle / PST

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Topic outline:

"New Outlook" is breaking much code and causing endless headaches, because it’s no longer safe to write or use code assuming that Outlook Automation is available.

Microsoft’s answer to this is to use the Graph API to send emails – but if you’ve got 2FA turned on, that’s a problem, because VBA can’t natively work with M365’s multi-factor authentication (MFA)

Peter and Andrew have worked together for some months to tackle this – and have a solution! Their new tool – GraphAuthenticator – allows VBA code in any application to connect to the Graph API and seamlessly authenticate with MFA. Doing this allows access to a huge range of API calls to work with not only emails, calendars and contacts but also interact with tools where this has never been possible before, such as SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Microsoft Bookings and more.

The GraphAuthenticator tool was officially launched in April, and a special discount is promised for those attending this meeting. Additionally, Peter and Andrew are working on an update to the tool, to make for an improved user experience, and they’ll discuss this for the first time at this session

Website for GraphAuthenticator: https://vbauth.com

NOTE: This meeting was originally scheduled for Wed 7 Oct but the speakers kindly agreed to move this forward to Sept.



Background:

Andrew Richards


Andrew’s journey with Access began when he bought a copy of “Access 97 in a week end”. At some point, he’s planning to get his money back because he’s still not finished learning about Access nearly 30 years later.

Andrew runs “The IT Service” based in London, where he both builds databases and provides IT training on all things data-related to clients across the public and private sectors. He has provided database consultancy and training services to organisations as varied as Imperial College London and Oxford University, a forensic laboratory, two publishers, various Museums, the Kennel Club, the Metropolitan Police, Marks and Spencer and a BBQ supplies company in Texas amongst others.

When not doing that, he spends his life caring for sheep, chickens, guinea fowl and cats in deepest East Sussex with his partner Angela.

Andrew's website: https://theitservice.co.uk

Peter Bryant



Peter has run his own consultancy since 2004 and specialises in not specialising; he’s worked in almost every sector ranging from automotive to hi-fi, from reseller to print, financial services to charity. An Access developer since the early beta program (over three decades ago!, Peter's projects now focus on data analysis, business functions and problem solving as much as VBA or SQL code (although that remains the core).

Peter has never claimed to produce stunning Oscar winning code but is content with effective, readable code. For the last 18 months he has been one of three co-chairs of the UK Access User Group.

He has spoken at most of the UK conferences in the past few decades. He also enjoys prog-rock (especially Marillion and King Crimson), his late-in-life Lego hobby, English rugby, and leading a community project to repair the village church and build a new community hub inside.

Peter's website: https://corylus-business.co.uk



Downloads:

1.   Andrew's presentation from this session is available as a PowerPoint slide show:   Graph Authenticator AEU presentation     .PPSX file - approx 4.5 MB

2.   AI generated summary of the meeting:   AEU55 - AI Meeting Summary     PDF file - approx 128 kB

3.   Free demo database available from the GraphAuthenticator website.



Further Reading:

Peter and Andrew have provided very extensive documentation and white papers on the GraphAuthenticator website including:

•   VBAuth Practical Security Guide

•   Remembering a Sign-In



Video:

The meeting was recorded and the video is now available on the Access Europe YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/hqgm8U142kQ or you can click below:

       



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Colin Riddington	Mendip Data Systems	Last Updated 10 Sept 2026

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