Amazon Quick Microsoft 365 Extensions Setup Guide
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Amazon Quick extensions place a Quick side panel inside Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. AWS announced availability across Microsoft 365 desktop and web for eligible Quick customers. Deployment can be user-installed from the Microsoft app store where policy permits or centrally assigned through the Microsoft 365 admin center.
Outlook has a distinct permission boundary: the Office add-in can operate in a limited open-thread mode, while full inbox, calendar, contact, file, task, and persistent-session capabilities require tenant-wide Microsoft Graph consent. Do not generalize Outlook’s Graph scopes to Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.
Setup sequence
- Verify eligibility: record Quick plan and application, AWS Region, Microsoft 365 Business tenant, target desktop and web clients, and signed-in identities.
- Choose deployment owner: allow user store installation or use a Global Admin with
AppCatalog.ReadWrite.Allto assign specific users or groups. - Review the exact manifest: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint use
ReadWriteDocument; Outlook usesReadWriteMailboxplus optional delegated Graph scopes for full capabilities. - Deploy to a pilot group: avoid entire-organization rollout until data, action, confirmation, and support tests pass.
- Authenticate to Quick: confirm the user reaches only their existing Quick knowledge bases, custom agents, Spaces, dashboards, apps, and integrations.
- Test each app separately: the document object, editable actions, audit evidence, and failure mode differ.
- Promote or remove: record the manifest version, assignment, consent, support owner, rollback, and evidence before wider deployment.
App-level pilot
| App | Bounded pilot | Primary risk |
|---|---|---|
| Word | Summarize and redline a non-sensitive document; inspect every change | Unapproved text replacement or sensitive connected data |
| Excel | Explain formulas, format a copy, and compare known totals | Generated code or changes producing inaccurate workbook state |
| PowerPoint | Edit a copy using the approved slide master and verify every slide | Brand, factual, layout, and source drift |
| Outlook | Start in open-thread draft mode; add Graph only after scope review | Broad mailbox, calendar, contact, file, and task access |
AWS warns that generative AI can make mistakes and inaccurate actions inside the Office application sandbox. Keep source documents recoverable, require review for consequential edits, and use human confirmation for outgoing Outlook messages and calendar changes.
Status and product boundaries
The AWS launch post describes the four extensions as generally available. Current user-guide pages are the operational authority for exact permissions and deployment. Recheck both because launch language, store listing, documentation, tenant rollout, and signed-in eligibility can update at different times.
This extension surface is separate from the Amazon Quick Agentic Catalog, which helps curators build governed Quick datasets and topics from supported catalogs. Catalog access does not automatically grant Office document or mailbox access.
Use the per-app permissions guide before consent and the deployment readiness checker before promotion.
Frequently asked questions
Which Microsoft 365 apps have Amazon Quick extensions?
AWS documents Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook extensions across desktop and web surfaces. Verify the current client and store listing.
Do Amazon Quick Microsoft 365 extensions require admin deployment?
Users can install where tenant app-store policy permits; administrators can centrally deploy. Outlook needs admin Graph consent for full mailbox and calendar capabilities.
Is Outlook fully functional without Graph consent?
No. The limited mode can answer about the open thread and draft a reply. Inbox-wide and calendar operations need the documented delegated scopes.
Official sources
Source check: August 20, 2026. Verify eligibility, client support, app-store policy, tenant assignment, manifest permissions, Graph consent, Regions, data handling, and current status.