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Product type Paperback

Published in May 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786463104

Length 424 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Azure

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Chatbots

Author (1):

Gaddam

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

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Preface

1. Setting up Microsoft Bot Framework Dev Environment FREE CHAPTER

2. Developing Your First Bot Using the Connector and Builder SDK

3. Developing WeatherBot Using Dialogs and LUIS

4. Natural Speech and Intent Processing Bot Using Microsoft Cognitive Services

5. Developing Bots Using LUIS Prompt Dialogs with State and Nearby Bot Using Custom APIs

6. Developing an IVR Bot for a Bank Using Advanced Microsoft Bot Framework Technologies

7. Intelligent Bots with Microsoft Bot Framework and Service Fabric

8. Developing Intelligent Facial Expression Identification Bot for IoT Using Azure and Power BI

9. Publishing a Bot to Skype, Slack, Facebook, and the GroupMe Channel

Registering your bot with Microsoft Bot Framework

Registering your bot tells the connector how to call your bot's web service. Note that the Microsoft App ID and Microsoft App Password are generated when your bot is registered with the Microsoft Bot Framework Connector; the App ID and AppSecret are used to authenticate the conversation and allows the developer to configure their bot with the channels they'd like to be visible on. Let's look at the following steps to register your bot:

Go to the Microsoft Bot Framework portal at https://www.botframework.com and sign in with your Microsoft account.
Register an agent.

Click on the Register a bot button and fill out the Bot Profile form. You have to enter the name of your bot handle, which means a unique name that will be used in the bot connection, and then enter a description:

Configuration

Under the Configuration section, enter your published bot service endpoint that you copied during the Azure deployment step in Messaging endpoint, and don...