Introduction
A bot is an application with a conversational interface.
While there are many ways you can implement a bot, some common features of bots include:
- Users interact with a bot by initiating activities in turns.
- Activities are events, such as a user joining a conversation or sending a message.
- Messages can be text, speech, or visual interface elements (such as cards or buttons).
- A flow of activities can form a dialog, in which state is maintained to manage a multi-turn conversation.
- Activities are exchanged across channels, such as web chat, email, Microsoft Teams, and others.
Learning objectives
In this module, you will learn how to:
- Create a bot by using the Microsoft Bot Framework SDK.
- Deploy a bot to the Azure AI Bot Service.
Pre-requisites
To complete this module, you will need:
- A Microsoft Azure subscription. If you don't have one, you can sign up for a free trial at https://azure.microsoft.com/free.
- Experience of programming with C# or Python.