[Python] Authenticate with Exchange to access email inbox with imaplib

I have a python script that used to login to an outlook inbox:

from imaplib import IMAP4_SSL

imap = IMAP4_SSL("outlook.office365.com")
imap.login("user", "password")


It now fails with an error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "imap.py", line 4, in <module>
imap.login("user", "password")
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/imaplib.py", line 603, in login
raise self.error(dat[-1])
imaplib.error: b'LOGIN failed.'


Microsoft has disabled basic authentication for Exchange Online. How should I authenticate now that basic auth has been deprecated?

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