Configuring channels

Channels are a mechanism of connecting the bot with the various communication platforms and making the channels available on those platforms.

Now that you have a bot up and running, you'll want to configure it for one or more channels that your users are using. Configuring channels is a combination of Microsoft Bot Framework workflow and conversation service workflow, and it is unique for each channel you wish to configure:

• On the right-hand side of the dashboard, you can see all the channels you can connect with your bot

• You can connect your bot to the services that I mentioned before, such as SMS, Telegram, Slack, and so on

Configuring your bot with Slack

In this example, we will show you how to configure your bot to Slack. All channels in Microsoft Bot Framework require you to bring your own account model, so you can sign up each of these services on your own. You take your username and password for them and give them to the Bot Framework, which stores them in encrypted...