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Set up Copilot

The Mango agent brings your organization’s inventory into Microsoft 365 Copilot: your staff mention “Mango Inventory” in Copilot Chat and simply ask “How many notebooks do we have?” — without opening the app. The agent works over the same connection as other AI assistants: each person signs in once with their own Mango Inventory account and works with their own permissions.

This page is written for IT administrators: you upload the agent once, centrally, and release it for your organization — your users don’t have to install anything.

Prerequisites

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  • Microsoft 365 with Copilot Chat: for eligible education users, Copilot Chat is included at no extra cost. The Mango agent itself needs no additional license.
  • The agent package (mango-inventory-copilot.zip): you receive it directly from us during the pilot phase.
  • Administrator rights in the Microsoft 365 admin center (admin.microsoft.com).
  • Custom apps allowed: uploading custom apps must be permitted in your tenant (the default setting in most organizations).
  • Mango Inventory accounts: the agent acts in the name of the signed-in person — your users need a Mango Inventory account (via invitation or directory sync).

Deploying

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  1. Open admin.microsoft.com and navigate to Agents → All agents → Add agent. If you don’t see the button right away: it sits in the ”…” (More actions) menu next to “Export” above the agent list.

  2. Select the file mango-inventory-copilot.zip — Microsoft checks the package automatically on upload.

  3. Publish: choose who may install the agent — the whole organization, individual groups, or just yourself for testing at first.

  4. Optionally Deploy: this makes the agent appear directly in Copilot Chat for the chosen people, without them installing it themselves. For a first test, “Just me” is enough.

  5. Confirm the security-policy step and finish the deployment.

How it works

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The agent connects Copilot to Mango Inventory’s open interface (the same path ChatGPT and Claude use). No data is copied to Microsoft: Copilot queries Mango Inventory live on every request — always in the name of the signed-in person, always with only their permissions. Every change appears in the history under their name.

What your users see

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  • The agent appears in Copilot’s agent store under “Built by your org” — deployed users see it directly in the Copilot Chat sidebar (in Teams, on microsoft365.com and in Office).
  • On first use, Mango Inventory’s sign-in page opens once in the browser: sign in, pick the organization, “Allow access” — after that, the connection is set up.
  • From then on, mentioning the agent and asking is enough: “How many notebooks do we have?”, “Report a defect on the display stand at reception”.

Removing and managing

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In the admin center under Agents → All agents you manage the Mango agent at any time: adjust the audience, block it or remove it completely. Individual users can also revoke their personal connection themselves — in Mango Inventory under Settings → Connect your AI agent → “Existing connections”.