github.com/scadam/ess-mcp · MCP Server · Agent 365

ESS-MCP

Enterprise Self-Service, end-to-end on the Model Context Protocol — and a worked example of every shape an AI agent can take inside the Microsoft cloud. One consistent enterprise toolset, surfaced four different ways across Copilot, Cowork, and autonomous agents — all governed through Agent 365.

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7MCP servers

204Actionable tools

76Interactive widgets

5Cowork plugins

The four pillars

One enterprise tool layer spanning people, IT, CRM, engineering, SAP and procurement — surfaced across four agent patterns.

01 · MCP Servers

Modular, actionable servers

Single-image MCP servers for 7 enterprise platforms, each exposing tools and widgets an agent can render, edit and submit. stdio · SSE · Streamable HTTP · combined ASGI gateway, with one-command Azure Container Apps deploy.

02 · Copilot Declarative Agent

Employee Self Service in Copilot

A complete declarative agent that wires all 7 MCP servers into Microsoft 365 Copilot as RemoteMCP plugins, alongside SharePoint, OneDrive and Graph Connector knowledge.

03 · Cowork Plugins

Five packaged Cowork plugins

Each pairs a fleet of Agent Skills — dashboards, decks, Adaptive Cards, executive briefs — with the matching ESS-MCP server as a remote MCP connector, packaged as Teams app .zips.

04 · Autonomous Agent 365 Teammate

A governed digital worker

A hosted, autonomous AI teammate with its own Microsoft Entra Agent Identity — fully integrated with Agent 365 (Entra, Purview, Defender, M365 Admin Center, Foundry), calling tools through the APIM AI Gateway with end-to-end OpenTelemetry observability.

The widget surface

Every widget renders inline in Microsoft 365 Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, or any MCP-aware client. Forms submit straight to MCP tool callbacks — the agent never has to compose JSON.

Workday team dashboard widget — **Workday — Team Dashboard**Manager view across the team's workforce data.

Salesforce sales pipeline widget — **Salesforce — Sales Pipeline**Pipeline by stage rendered as a Copilot widget.

Jira sprint board widget — **Jira — Sprint Board**Delivery status without leaving the chat.

SAP SuccessFactors — Employee ProfileHR data surfaced as an interactive card.

SAP Ariba purchase order status widget — **SAP Ariba — PO Status**Procurement status, action-ready.

Org chart widget — **Org Chart**Team structure rendered from live data.

Goals dashboard widget — **Goals Dashboard**Performance and goals at a glance.

Why it matters

ESS-MCP is the reference for how one governed enterprise toolset becomes durable digital labour — not four disconnected demos. The same tools power a chat agent, a Cowork surface, and a fully autonomous teammate, and every call is identity-asserted and observable through Agent 365.

Bearer-token passthrough by default; the autonomous agent additionally fronts the gateway with the APIM AI Gateway for policy, identity-asserted token exchange, and full Purview / Defender / OpenTelemetry observability.