Microsoft Teams Toolkit vs Bot Framework

Question

I am new to Bot Development, I'm bit confused with both MS Teams Toolkit and Bot Framework.
I am developing Bots for MS Teams using C#.

Could you please clarify the below queries?

What are the differences between both?
Which is best to create Bots?
Is Teams Toolkit internally uses Bot Framework?
When to use what?
TeamsFx SDK vs BotFramework SDK.

Please guide and suggest

Thanks.

Answer 1

Microsoft Bot Framework and Azure Bot Service are a collection of libraries, tools, and services that let you build, test, deploy, and manage intelligent bots. The Bot Framework includes a modular and extensible SDK for building bots and connecting to AI services.
Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-overview?view=azure-bot-service-4.0#what-is-a-bot

Teams Toolkit makes it simple to get started with app development for Microsoft Teams using Visual Studio Code. Teams Toolkit automatically register the app in Teams Developer Portal. When you first run or debug the app, configure settings, such as Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) automatically. Sign in with your Microsoft 365 account to control where the app is configured and customized the included Azure AD manifest when you need flexibility.
Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/toolkit/teams-toolkit-fundamentals?pivots=visual-studio-code

Basic requirements and supported environment types:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/toolkit/tools-prerequisites#basic-requirements-to-build-your-teams-app

TeamsFx helps to reduce your tasks by using Microsoft Teams single sign-on (SSO) and accessing cloud resources down to single line statements with zero configuration.
Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/toolkit/teamsfx-sdk

Thanks,

Prasad Das

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Answer 2

From the explanation, I still don't know what is the difference. It seems both frameworks can build and install Teams app. But I found some samples in each framework. Is it possible to merge those samples together? Are they compatible to each other?