To use the Amazon Q Business Add-in for Microsoft Outlook, you must allow it to connect to your Amazon Q Business application environment and web experience.
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This integration can only be added using the Amazon Q Business console.
Using the
console
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Sign in to the Amazon Q Business console.
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Choose Applications, then select the name of your application environment from the list.
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Choose Integrations under Enhancements.
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Choose Add integration from the Integrations section on the main page.
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Choose Microsoft Outlook as your integration.
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On the Add Outlook integration page, enter the Name of your integration. This is the display name for the integration resource in AWS.
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Add a description (optional).
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In the Workspace section, enter your Microsoft Tenant ID. This can be found in the Microsoft Entra Admin Center. For more information, see How to find your tenant ID - Microsoft Entra
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Choose the type of Service access method that you want the Outlook integration to use as authorization while accessing your service. You can Create a new service role or Use an existing service role. For more information, see IAM role for allowing the integration to call Amazon Q Business on your end user's behalf.
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Choose the Access management access for the Outlook integration to authorize to connect to IAM Identity center. For more information, see IAM role for allowing Amazon Q Business to monitor the resources that the integration creates in your account.
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Optionally, add any Tags that are relevant for this Teams integration.
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Choose Add integration.
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Once you have added the integration, Amazon Q will deploy your integration. You will see that update on the Integration details page.
Once the integration is deployed, choose the name of your Outlook integration from the list of integrations in the Integrations section.
Copy the Manifest URL in the Integration details section.
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You will now continue the remainder of this procedure within the Microsoft 365 admin center.
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In the Microsoft 365 admin center, choose Integrated apps from the left navigation and choose Upload custom apps This will open the Deploy New App page.
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Choose Office Add-in as your App type.
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Paste the manifest URL link you copied in the Provide link to manifest file and choose Validate.
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Choose the users you want to add in the Add users section.
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Choose Accept permissions in the Accept permissions requests section and deploy the Add-in. Once deployment is completed, you users will be able to install the Amazon Q Business Add-in in their Microsoft Outlook.
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Authentication may be required.
