Contacts: Daniel Evans, CK Kashyap, Mark Franco Goal  Host a bot behind a firewall and allow conversations with the bot using Teams. The implication of “bot behind a firewall” is that the network connectivity to/from the bot is restricted to only the necessary machines (IP addresses).  The reference network architecture below illustrates how a Bot may be run inside a Virtual Network(VNET) that allows traffic only to and from a set of IP addresses that.... The post Bots Secured Behind a Firewall & Team ..read more

This post describes how to embed a bot in a web page using the Bot Framework Web Chat. The Web Chat control is a highly-customizable web-based client for the Bot Framework V4 SDK. It uses the  Direct Line channel, associated with the bot, to allow the user to talk with the bot from within the web page. In its essence, this.... The post Embed a bot in a web page using Web Chat appeared first on Microsoft Bot Framework ..read more

This post shows how to use the Web Chat channel to allow the user to communicate with a bot. This is done by embedding a Web Chat component  in a web page. The Web Chat component, referred here, is included in the Web Chat channel that is associated by default with a bot deployed in Azure. The following picture shows the components involved..... The post Connect a bot to Web Chat appeared first on Microsoft Bot Framework ..read more

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Build 2020 is here and in this video we summarize all of the announcements within the area of conversational AI, across Bot Framework SDK, Azure Bot Service and the Cognitive Services (LUIS, Speech, QnA Maker). If you would prefer to read about the announcements, you can read our blog post over on Microsoft Tech Community at https://aka.ms/Build20-ConversationalAIBlog, which also contains links.... The post Build 2020 – Conversational AI updates appeared first on Microsoft Bot Framework ..read more

One of the best things about working on the Bot Framework here at Microsoft is the phenomenal community that surrounds the SDKs, tools and platforms. Whether it is contributing to the core Microsoft repositories, working as part of the Bot Framework Community GitHub project, building other open source extensions, or helping to educate other developers via online and in-person content.... The post Bot Framework Community Focus – February 2020 appeared first on Microsoft Bot Framework ..read more

Contacts: Daniel Evans, CK Kashyap, Mark Franco Goal  Host a bot behind a firewall and allow conversations with the bot using Teams. The implication of “bot behind a firewall” is that the network connectivity to/from the bot is restricted to only the necessary machines (IP addresses).  The reference network architecture below illustrates how a Bot may be run inside a Virtual Network(VNET) that allows traffic only to and from a set of IP addresses that.... The post Bots Secured Behind a Firewall & Team ..read more

This post describes how to embed a bot in a web page using the Bot Framework Web Chat. The Web Chat control is a highly-customizable web-based client for the Bot Framework V4 SDK. It uses the  Direct Line channel, associated with the bot, to allow the user to talk with the bot from within the web page. In its essence, this.... The post Embed a bot in a web page using Web Chat appeared first on Microsoft Bot Framework ..read more

Overview This post describes how to add OAuth2 authentication to a bot so it can perform certain GitHub operations on behalf of the user. The article assumes that you already have a bot deployed in Azure. GitHub is used as the identity provider to authenticate the user and to generate a bearer token which the bot uses to perform GitHub.... The post Bot Authentication using GitHub as the Identity Provider appeared first on Microsoft Bot Framework ..read more

Build 2020 is here and in this video we summarize all of the announcements within the area of conversational AI, across Bot Framework SDK, Azure Bot Service and the Cognitive Services (LUIS, Speech, QnA Maker). If you would prefer to read about the announcements, you can read our blog post over on Microsoft Tech Community at https://aka.ms/Build20-ConversationalAIBlog, which also contains links.... The post Build 2020 – Conversational AI updates appeared first on Microsoft Bot Framework ..read more