Using the Conversational Automation Interactions license
- Updated: 2025/11/20
The Conversational Automation Interactions (Number of Interactions) license allows you to track how often people interact with Automation Co-Pilot based on usage.
License overview
This license counts each time someone interacts with the Conversational Automation interface as a billable unit. These units are deducted from the interaction bundle you purchased earlier. This license provides flexible, usage-based access to conversational automation features, allowing organizations to monitor how much they actually use it.
Benefits of using Conversational Automation Interactions
- Licensing is based on actual user engagement
- No need for licensing each user individually
- Ideal for expanding automation to thousands of users without worrying about bot limits
Prerequisites
- Automation 360 version .38 or later
- Conversational Automation SKU bought with interactions included
- Enterprise Platform license
Enable and view Conversational Automation Interactions license
Access the License Management Page
- Log in to your Control Room as Admin.
- Navigate to: Administration → Licenses.
- Click the Main Group tab.
- In the Automation Co-Pilot section, find: Conversational Automation Interactions (Number of Interactions).
View License Availability
- Available: Total number of interactions you purchased.
- Used in this Control Room: The number of interactions you have already used here.
- Used in Other Control Rooms: The number of interactions used in the Control Room you are currently logged into.
- Remaining licenses: The number of interactions you have left.
- Click the license name: Conversational Automation Interactions (Number of Interactions).
- Look at the breakdown by Control Room and Number of Interactions used.
Enable consumption in Automation Co-Pilot
- Deploy or set up an Automation Co-Pilot use case, like a support ticket assistant, order processing, or HR inquiry bot.
- Make sure users are interacting through a Co-Pilot interface. This is needed to count interactions.
- Every human interaction, such as clicking a button. sending a message, or selecting a response, will be counted and deducted from the license.
- Machine-initiated or background automation does not use up this license.
- Usage is automatically tracked by the license system. The product will limit usage when there are no balance interactions available.
Use Case: Streamlining employee IT support with Conversational Automation
Business challenge
A large company gets hundreds of the same IT support requests every day, like resetting passwords or fixing software installation problems. These requests overwhelm the helpdesk, causing delays, higher costs, and a bad experience for employees.
Solution: Automation Co-Pilot + Conversational Automation Interactions
The company uses Automation Co-Pilot with Conversational Automation. This lets employees fix common IT problems through and easy chat interface in Microsoft Teams.
- Employee starts a request using a chat interface:
- “Reset my VPN password”
- “Install Microsoft Teams on my laptop”
- The Conversational Automation bot replies with guided prompts or forms, activating backend bots to help.
- Each employee action, like choosing a response or sending a request, is tracked and counted as one interaction using the Conversational Automation Interactions license.
- Real-time usage is watched in the Control Room, so the business can see how licenses are used.
Results
| Metric | Outcome |
|---|---|
| Help desk response time | Reduced from hours to minutes |
| IT ticket volume | 40% deflected from live agents |
| Employee satisfaction | Increased due to instant self-service |
| License usage visibility | Transparent tracking via usage dashboards |