Egnyte offers Bring Your Own Model (BYOM) capability to its users. Enabling customers to connect their own language models to use Copilot offerings at Egnyte.
This gives organizations more control over how their content is analyzed, summarized, or processed based on the models they trust and prefer to use. Currently, Egnyte supports OpenAI and Anthropic as the providers.
With BYOM, teams can take advantage of custom-tuned models that better understand their specific domain or compliance needs. It also gives companies more flexibility especially for those already investing in AI models.
For certain customers, BYOM provides a way to bring AI closer to their internal policies without giving up the benefits of Egnyte’s platform.
This feature is currently in Limited Availability for all customers having the Platform Plans and Copilot add-on. To request this feature, contact our Products team.
Connect a Model
- Navigate to Settings -> Configuration -> AI.
- Click on Connect model.
Alternatively, click on Tools in the chat input box for Copilot, Agents, Knowledge Bases, or Ask.
Click on Model.
Click on Add custom model. - Enter the model details and click on Validate & Save.
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Provider: Select the provider from the dropdown. Currently, Egnyte supports OpenAI and Anthropic as the providers.
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Model: Select the model from the dropdown. All the models supported by OpenAI and Anthropic are listed here.
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API-Key: Enter the API key for the model. The key will be encrypted and stored securely.
If an incorrect API key is entered, the user will see an error message.
Once a valid key is entered and saved, the model will be connected.
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Provider: Select the provider from the dropdown. Currently, Egnyte supports OpenAI and Anthropic as the providers.
When a customer is using their own AI model on Egnyte, it is essential to note that data handling and exposure are governed by the terms and policies of their model provider. Egnyte strongly recommends reviewing their terms and conditions to understand how their data may be used or stored.
Edit the Connected Model
- Navigate to Settings -> Configuration -> AI.
- Click on Edit.
- Make changes to the model details and click on Validate & Save.
The edited model will then be connected.
Remove the Connected Model
- Navigate to Settings -> Configuration -> AI.
- Click on Remove.
- Click on Remove to confirm.
Enable or Disable Model Selector
Admins have the option to choose if the users should be able to select their preferred Large Language Model from the chat input box.
- Navigate to Settings -> Configuration -> AI.
- User the toggle under Models to enable or disable the setting.
- Click on Save changes.