Build a Bot (sample)

Applies to: Lync 2013

Sample name: BuildABot

Sample location: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft UCMA 4.0\SDK\Core\Sample Applications\Reference\BuildABot

Description

The Build a Bot framework enables you to create your own conversational agent(s) that can be used in many types of applications, including Lync, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Forms, Web, and console. This framework provides built-in support for question handling, managing conversation flows through state machines, feedback engine, and more.

The following topics provide a description of the development environment, and descriptions of three types of bot.

• Setting up the development environment

• Creating a generic bot

• Creating a Lync bot

• Creating an Excel bot

For more information, see Microsoft Lync Dev Center.