diff --git a/local/o365/classes/task/notifysecretexpiry.php b/local/o365/classes/task/notifysecretexpiry.php
index e2a2dd9f9..7467a8e91 100644
--- a/local/o365/classes/task/notifysecretexpiry.php
+++ b/local/o365/classes/task/notifysecretexpiry.php
@@ -60,13 +60,21 @@ public function get_name(): string {
      */
     public function execute(): bool {
         if (!utils::is_configured()) {
-            // Microsoft 365 integration has not been set up; nothing to do.
-            mtrace('Microsoft 365 integration is not configured. Skipping.');
+            // The site is not configured with a Microsoft IdP; nothing to do.
+            mtrace('The site is not configured with a Microsoft identity provider. Skipping.');
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (get_config('auth_oidc', 'clientauthmethod') != AUTH_OIDC_AUTH_METHOD_SECRET) {
+            // Only the client secret authentication method has a secret that can expire.
+            mtrace('The client authentication method is not client secret. Skipping.');
             return true;
         }
 
         if (utils::is_connected() !== true) {
-            throw new moodle_exception('error_not_connected', 'local_o365');
+            // The Microsoft 365 integration is not set up, so the secret cannot be checked.
+            mtrace('The Microsoft 365 integration is not connected. Skipping.');
+            return true;
         }
 
         try {
@@ -77,12 +85,6 @@ public function execute(): bool {
             throw new moodle_exception('errorcannotgetapiclient', 'local_o365');
         }
 
-        $authenticationmethod = get_config('auth_oidc', 'clientauthmethod');
-        if ($authenticationmethod != AUTH_OIDC_AUTH_METHOD_SECRET) {
-            // Currently only support client secret authentication method.
-            throw new moodle_exception('errorunsupportedsecretauthenticationmethod', 'local_o365');
-        }
-
         // Resolve and DNS-check the configured notification recipients up front, so that a
         // misconfigured recipient is reported through the task status (see the check before the
         // final return) even when no notification is due on this run.
diff --git a/local/o365/lang/en/local_o365.php b/local/o365/lang/en/local_o365.php
index 5ab826f0d..a9019400d 100644
--- a/local/o365/lang/en/local_o365.php
+++ b/local/o365/lang/en/local_o365.php
@@ -856,7 +856,6 @@
 $string['errorfailedtogetsecrets'] = 'Failed to get secrets.';
 $string['errorfailedtosendnotification'] = 'Failed to send notification email to one or more recipients.';
 $string['errorsecretexpiryrecipientundeliverable'] = 'One or more configured secret expiry notification recipients cannot receive email (invalid address, or a domain with no MX/A record): {$a}. Update the notification recipients in the OpenID Connect settings.';
-$string['errorunsupportedsecretauthenticationmethod'] = 'This task only supports the client secret authentication method.';
 
 // Privacy API.
 $string['privacy:metadata:local_o365'] = 'Microsoft 365 Local Plugin';