--- title: "Connect PPM Express to Azure OpenAI - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Idea Created\" fires in PPM Express, your agent runs \"Send Chat Message\" in Azure OpenAI." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-azure-openai" --- # Connect PPM Express to Azure OpenAI When **Idea Created** fires in [PPM Express](https://apiant.ai/connections/ppm-express), your agent runs **Send Chat Message** in [Azure OpenAI](https://apiant.ai/connections/azure-openai). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. PPM Express **8** triggers PPM Express **9** actions Azure OpenAI **5** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want PPM Express and Azure OpenAI to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What PPM Express can start in Azure OpenAI - When **Idea Created** in PPM Express then **Send Chat Message** in Azure OpenAI - When **Key Date Created** in PPM Express then **Create Response** in Azure OpenAI Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with PPM Express and Azure OpenAI ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 14 actions - Trigger **Idea Created** Triggers when a Idea is created. - Trigger **Key Date Created** Triggers when a Key Date is created. - Trigger **Key Date Updated** Triggers when a Key Date is updated. - Trigger **Project Created** Triggers when a Project is created. - Trigger **Project Updated** Triggers when a Project is updated. - Trigger **Task Created** Triggers when a Task is created. - Trigger **Task Deleted** Triggers when a Task is deleted. - Trigger **Task Updated** Triggers when a Task is updated. - Action **Create Idea** Creates a new idea in PPM Express, optionally under a challenge, with its name, description and any other idea fields. - Action **Create Project** Creates a project in PPM Express with the field values you supply, such as name, description, manager, program and portfolio. - Action **Create Project Key Date** Creates a key date (milestone) on a PPM Express project and returns the new key date. - Action **Create Project Task** Creates a task in a PPM Express project with the field values you supply. - Action **Delete Project Task** Deletes a task from a PPM Express project. - Action **Update Idea** Updates the field values of an existing idea in PPM Express and returns the updated idea. - Action **Update Project** Updates the fields of an existing project, including custom fields, and returns the updated project. - Action **Update Project Key Date** Updates the field values of an existing key date in a PPM Express project. - Action **Update Project Task** Updates field values on an existing task in a PPM Express project and returns the updated task. - Action **Create Response** Sends a message to a model deployment in your Azure OpenAI resource through the Responses API and returns the reply. Pass the ID of an earlier response to continue that conversation. - Action **Generate Embedding** Turns a piece of text into an embedding vector using an embedding model deployment in your Azure OpenAI resource, for semantic search, clustering or similarity matching. - Action **Get Response** Returns a stored response from your Azure OpenAI resource by its ID, including its status and reply text. - Action **List Deployments** Returns the model deployments in your Azure OpenAI resource, with each deployment's name, model and status. - Action **Send Chat Message** Sends a message to a chat model deployment in your Azure OpenAI resource and returns the model's reply, using the Chat Completions API. ## Each app on its own - [ **PPM Express** PPM Express is Product Portfolio Management platform to easily integrate and orchestrate your existing...](https://apiant.ai/connections/ppm-express) - [ **Azure OpenAI** Azure OpenAI is a cloud-based platform that enables developers and data scientists to build and deploy AI...](https://apiant.ai/connections/azure-openai) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from PPM Express - [ **PPM Express to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-salesforce) - [ **PPM Express to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-slack) - [ **PPM Express to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-stripe) - [ **PPM Express to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-shopify) - [ **PPM Express to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **PPM Express to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ppm-express-to-trello) ## More into Azure OpenAI - [ **HubSpot to Azure OpenAI** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-azure-openai) - [ **Salesforce to Azure OpenAI** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-azure-openai) - [ **Slack to Azure OpenAI** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-azure-openai) - [ **Google Sheets to Azure OpenAI** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-azure-openai) - [ **Gmail to Azure OpenAI** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-azure-openai) - [ **Google Calendar to Azure OpenAI** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-azure-openai) Questions ## PPM Express and Azure OpenAI, answered ### ### What can start an automation from PPM Express? Any of PPM Express's 8 triggers in the catalog, including Idea Created, Key Date Created, Key Date Updated and Project Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Azure OpenAI when something happens in PPM Express? Any of Azure OpenAI's 5 actions, including Create Response, Send Chat Message, Generate Embedding and Get Response. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Azure OpenAI to PPM Express? Azure OpenAI has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in PPM Express. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Azure OpenAI's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for PPM Express or Azure OpenAI? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use PPM Express and Azure OpenAI without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.