Bot Framework Virtual Assistant with Dewain Robinson and Gary Pretty

Dewain Robinson and Gary Pretty from Microsoft talk with Paul about the recently released Bot Virtual Agent. Dewain and Gary cover the Virtual Assistant & Skills solution accelerator and the updated tools (Bot Composer and Dialog Generation) that support their development.

Links from the show:

• Bot Framework Composer
• Virtual Assisstant Solution Accelerator
• Dialog Generation
• Conversational AI Build session
• Alexa on Azure Bot Service

Microsoft News

• Breaking changes for Microsoft Teams beta APIs – permissions for installing personal apps, removing unused properties from code snippets
• Announcing SharePoint Framework 1.11: Extend more of Microsoft Teams, and publish to AppSource
• Duration of change tracking tokens for identity and education resources
• Microsoft Graph Schema extensions is now available in US Government Clouds
• MSAL.js 2.0 is now generally available with support for authorization code flow

Community Links

• Azure Tips and Tricks - Power Virtual Agents (@mbcrump)