# Enterprise AI Deployment
The practical discipline of rolling out AI tools, agents, and context management across an organization. Goes beyond [[AI Governance]] (policies) and [[Enterprise Context Management (ECM)]] (context strategy) to address the operational reality: infrastructure, access control, compliance, training, and change management.
## Key dimensions
### Infrastructure
- Approved AI providers and enterprise agreements
- Self-hosted model infrastructure for sensitive workloads ([[Running AI Models Locally]] at scale)
- [[Model Context Protocol (MCP)]] server deployment for organization-wide tool access
- Centralized vs decentralized skill and agent registries
### Access control and permissions
- [[AI Agent Permissions]] at the enterprise level: who can deploy agents with what capabilities
- Role-based AI access: different teams get different tools and permission levels
- [[AI Usage Policy]] enforcement: technical controls, not just written rules
- Audit trails: who used which AI tools, with what data, and what happened
### Data governance
- [[AI Data Security]]: classification, encryption, access control
- Data residency: where AI processing happens (on-prem, specific cloud regions)
- Retention policies: how long AI conversations and agent memory are kept
- [[AI Training Data Collection]]: enterprise-wide opt-out from provider training
### Compliance
- [[EU AI Act]] risk classification for deployed AI systems
- Sector-specific regulations (HIPAA, SOC2, GDPR, financial regulations)
- [[AI Observability]]: monitoring deployed agents for compliance violations
- Incident response: what happens when an AI system misbehaves
### Change management
- Training programs: [[Levels of AI use]] progression for employees
- Pilot programs: starting with low-risk use cases, expanding gradually
- [[Roles and responsibilities in an AI team]]: who owns what
- Measuring ROI and impact
### Skill and agent governance
- [[AI Skill Distribution]] at enterprise scale: approved skill registries
- [[AI Skill Supply Chain Security]]: vetting skills before org-wide deployment
- [[AI Skill Versioning]]: coordinated updates across the organization
- [[AI Agent Distribution]]: governed agent templates and configurations
## References
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## Related
- [[Enterprise Context Management (ECM)]]
- [[AI Governance]]
- [[AI Context Governance]]
- [[AI Usage Policy]]
- [[AI Data Security]]
- [[AI Agent Permissions]]
- [[AI Safety]]
- [[Responsible AI]]
- [[AI Transformation Playbook]]
- [[Roles and responsibilities in an AI team]]
- [[AI Skill Distribution]]
- [[AI Skill Supply Chain Security]]
- [[Model Context Protocol (MCP)]]