AI apps and agents (preview)

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AI apps and agents is currently in preview. To use its capabilities in Dragon admin center, you must accept the preview terms before first use and whenever they're updated.

Dragon Copilot AI apps and agents extend Dragon Copilot capabilities by integrating AI-powered apps into your clinical workflows. These extensions can help reduce the administrative burden, streamline workflows, and improve user productivity while maintaining control over how AI is used within your organization. After you add an AI app or agent, you need to deploy it by using Dragon admin center.

Note

The information in this article applies to the Dragon Copilot Physician Apps and Agents offer type, which is currently available only in the United States.

Get AI apps and agents

You can get AI apps and agents from Microsoft Marketplace. After purchasing the offer in Microsoft Marketplace, select Configure account now to be redirected to Dragon admin center.

Alternatively, customers or partners can create their own AI apps and deploy them in one of the following ways:

Currently, AI apps that require license keys or use the Bring your own License (BYOL) approach aren't supported for deployment.

Deploy an AI app

Prerequisites

Deploy an AI app purchased from Microsoft Marketplace

Note

The process described below applies to AI apps and agents built and listed in Microsoft Marketplace under the Dragon Copilot product type.

  1. In the Management section of the navigation pane, select AI apps and agents.
  2. Select Purchased apps and select the app to deploy.
  3. Select Deploy and select the environment to deploy the app in.
  4. Confirm the action and select Deploy.

When the app is successfully deployed to the environment, it appears in the list with the status Active.

Deploy a custom AI app

Note

Use the CLI tool to generate the technical configuration package for your app. The CLI provides an interactive interface to capture required inputs, populates the manifest.yml file (the core configuration and authentication artifact), and packages everything into a deployable .zip file.

  1. In the Management section of the navigation pane, select AI apps and agents.
  2. Select Custom apps > Upload custom app.
  3. Select the category for the custom app.
  4. Select the environment to deploy the app in. This environment must have Dragon Copilot provisioned.
  5. Select Upload and select the .zip file that contains your custom app's technical configuration package.
  6. Confirm the action and select Upload custom app.

When the custom app is successfully deployed to the environment, it appears in the list with the status Active.

Update an app

Update your purchased apps whenever a new version of an app becomes available.

  1. In the Management section of the navigation pane, select AI apps and agents.
  2. Select Purchased apps and select the app.
  3. Select the vertical ellipsis icon next to the environment where you want to update the app, and select Update.
  4. Confirm the action and select Update.

Disable an app

Disabling an app disables the app’s integration with Dragon Copilot which then removes the app experience for Dragon Copilot users. After you disable an app, you can restore it.

  1. In the Management section of the navigation pane, select AI apps and agents.
  2. Select Purchased apps or Custom apps, depending on the app you want to disable.
  3. Select the app you want to disable.
  4. Select the vertical ellipsis icon next to the environment where you want to disable the app, and select Disable.
  5. Confirm the action and select OK.

When the app is successfully disabled for the environment, it appears in the list with the status Disabled.

Enable an app

When you enable an app, you resume the app’s integration with Dragon Copilot.

  1. In the Management section of the navigation pane, select AI apps and agents.
  2. Select Purchased apps or Custom apps, depending on the app you want to enable.
  3. Select the app you want to enable.
  4. Select the vertical ellipsis icon next to the environment where you want to enable the app, and select Enable.
  5. Confirm the action and select OK.

When the app is successfully enabled for the environment, it appears in the list with the status Active.

Remove an app

Removing an app removes the app’s integration with Dragon Copilot, which in turn removes the app experience for Dragon Copilot users. After you remove an app, you can't restore it.

  1. In the Management section of the navigation pane, select AI apps and agents.
  2. Select Purchased apps or Custom apps, depending on the app you want to remove.
  3. Select the app you want to remove.
  4. Select the vertical ellipsis icon next to the environment where you want to remove the app, and select Remove.
  5. Confirm the action and select OK.
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