These bots allow conversational and transactional capabilities to easily create more complex tasks.
Beyond the actual coding of a bot to do useful tasks, implementing the infrastructure has been a challenge.
In this article, we explore how to quickly get started using the Echo bot template.
You will need to verify you have two providers registered for your subscription:Microsoft.Storageand Microsoft.BotService.
These are located under your Subscription Resource Providers.
However, if you exit out and reenter, it will most likely work.
This service automatically registers the first time you load it up and takes a moment.
This contains the
file, which we are going to modify.
Navigate to the Console, and enter in the
command.
In the end, you should see a
message indicating the compiled files are now available.
This useful tool allows us to test how the bot reacts to conversational dialogue and simple commands.
In this case, our bot simply echoes back the text.
Next, we want to test this bot in an actual Teams client.
By default, the only connected channel is the Web Chat.
snag the “Teams” icon to connect this bot to the Teams channel.
Click “Save” to make this available to the Microsoft Teams channel.
Start developing Microsoft Teams bots today!
