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Hosted Deployment: Launch AI Agents Without Managing Infrastructure

Bring AI agents to your organization through a managed cloud environment. Configure your agents, connect your systems, and support your users while the hosting infrastructure is managed for you.

Plan Your Hosted Deployment

Start with your goals, your users, and the AI capabilities you need.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Put AI to work without building the hosting environment

Organizations want to use AI to support employees, students, customers, and other audiences. Setting up and maintaining the infrastructure, however, can require time and technical resources.

Hosted Deployment provides a managed cloud environment for your AI platform. Infrastructure, monitoring, scaling, and updates are handled as part of the hosted service, allowing your team to focus on configuring agents and building useful experiences.

Start with the capabilities your organization needs today and expand your AI initiatives as your goals and requirements develop.

From your AI goals to a managed deployment.

Illustrative hosted deployment workflow

Plan your needs

Users and objectives

AI use cases

Systems and requirements

Configure the platform

AI agents and knowledge

Models and integrations

Roles and access

Launch and grow

Managed cloud hosting

Monitoring and updates

Additional use cases

Built around your organization: your users, content, systems, security needs, and AI goals.

KEY CAPABILITIES

Everything you need to begin deploying AI agents

Bring AI capabilities and your organization’s information together in a managed environment.

01

Managed Infrastructure

Use a hosted platform with infrastructure, monitoring, scaling, and updates managed for your organization.

02

AI Agents and Tools

Configure pre-built or custom AI agents for support, education, advising, and other organizational needs.

03

System Integrations

Connect compatible learning, student information, and customer relationship management systems.

04

AI Model Choice

Select from supported language models and providers based on your organization’s use cases and requirements.

WHY HOSTED DEPLOYMENT

Focus on your AI experience while the platform is managed

Hosted Deployment gives your team a way to introduce AI capabilities without taking on day-to-day hosting operations.

FOR YOUR TEAM

Reduce infrastructure work

Avoid managing the underlying servers, platform monitoring, and routine infrastructure updates yourself.

Focus: your users and use cases.

FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION

Build on a managed platform

Configure AI agents, connect approved information, and support multiple departments from one environment.

Focus: a coordinated AI strategy.

FOR THE FUTURE

Keep your options open

Explore a move to an on-premises or other self-managed deployment as your infrastructure requirements change.

Focus: flexibility as your needs evolve.

AI AGENTS AND TOOLS

Give your users AI support designed for their needs

Choose from a library of pre-built agent templates or plan custom agents around the information and workflows that matter to your organization.

01

Education and Tutoring

Support learning with agents that can draw on approved course materials and educational resources.

02

Advising and Enrollment

Help users find information about programs, processes, deadlines, and available resources.

03

Employee and HR Support

Help employees navigate approved policies, workplace information, and common internal questions.

04

Research and Analysis

Use supported tools such as web search and code interpretation to assist with research and analysis tasks.

05

Content Creation

Support content-related workflows with available capabilities such as image generation and AI-assisted drafting.

06

Custom AI Agents

Develop agents around your organization’s information, responsibilities, and user requirements.

SYSTEM INTEGRATIONS

Connect AI to the platforms your organization uses

Bring your AI agents closer to relevant information through compatible system integrations.

LEARNING SYSTEMS

LMS Integration

Support LTI 1.3 integration with compatible platforms such as Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, D2L, and Sakai.

STUDENT INFORMATION

SIS Connections

Plan connections to compatible student information systems such as Banner, PeopleSoft, Workday Student, and Jenzabar.

CUSTOMER AND ENROLLMENT

CRM Connections

Connect compatible platforms such as Salesforce Education Cloud, Slate, and EAB Navigate where appropriate.

AI MODEL FLEXIBILITY

Choose AI models for the work you need to do

Different use cases may call for different AI capabilities. Hosted Deployment supports multiple model providers, giving your organization flexibility in how agents are configured.

01

Multiple Providers

Work with supported models from providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and others.

02

Match Models to Tasks

Consider model capabilities, response speed, and cost when selecting an approach for each use case.

03

Adapt Over Time

Adjust your model strategy as your organization’s needs, available models, and technology requirements change.

SECURITY AND ACCESS

Support your users with appropriate controls

Hosted AI should fit into your organization’s identity, access, and governance practices.

01

Single Sign-On

Support sign-on methods such as SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect, along with compatible identity providers.

02

Role-Based Access

Configure user roles and permissions to help manage access to platform capabilities and information.

03

Organizational Requirements

Review your privacy, security, and applicable compliance requirements as part of deployment planning.

ROOM TO GROW

Start hosted and plan for what comes next

Your deployment needs may change as your organization grows. Start with a managed cloud environment and discuss other deployment options when additional infrastructure control becomes important.

01

Hosted Deployment

Launch AI agents in a managed cloud environment while hosting operations are handled for your team.

02

Enterprise Requirements

Discuss dedicated hosting, custom agents, integrations, and other requirements for your organization.

03

Self-Managed Deployment

Explore deployment in your own infrastructure and the applicable source-code licensing and migration options.

GETTING STARTED

Begin with a clear use case for your organization

A focused launch helps your team identify the right agents, information sources, and success measures.

STEP 01 Discuss your goals

Identify the people you want to support and the questions or workflows your AI agents should address.

STEP 02 Plan your deployment

Review agent requirements, knowledge sources, integrations, model options, and access controls.

STEP 03 Launch and expand

Configure your initial experience, gather feedback, and identify opportunities to support more users and teams.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Questions about Hosted Deployment

What is Hosted Deployment?

Hosted Deployment provides your AI platform through a managed cloud environment. Infrastructure operations, monitoring, scaling, and updates are handled as part of the hosted service.

Do we need to manage servers or infrastructure?

The hosted service manages the underlying platform infrastructure. Your team can focus on configuring agents, preparing approved content, and supporting your users.

Can we use our own organizational content?

Yes. AI agents can be configured to use approved organizational information, such as course materials, policies, or other knowledge relevant to their intended use.

Can the platform connect to our existing systems?

Hosted Deployment supports integrations with compatible learning management, student information, and CRM systems. The available connections and configuration depend on your environment and project requirements.

Can we choose which AI model to use?

The platform supports multiple language model providers. Your options can be reviewed based on the capabilities, cost, security, and performance requirements of your use case.

Does the platform support single sign-on?

Yes. Supported sign-on methods include SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect. Your identity provider and configuration requirements can be reviewed during deployment planning.

Can we move to our own infrastructure later?

Yes. An on-premises or other self-managed deployment can be discussed if your requirements change. Migration scope, infrastructure needs, and source-code licensing should be reviewed for your organization.

How is Hosted Deployment priced?

Pricing depends on your organization’s requirements and selected deployment. Contact us to discuss your users, AI capabilities, integrations, and hosting needs.

LET'S GET STARTED

Bring AI agents to your organization with managed hosting

Explore how Hosted Deployment can help your team launch and grow AI experiences while the platform infrastructure is managed.

Discuss Your Hosted Deployment

We can discuss your users, AI goals, integrations, security requirements, and deployment options.