Azure Bot Service
Azure Bot Service enables rapid intelligent bot development powered by the Microsoft Bot Framework, run in a serverless environment on Azure. Build, connect, deploy and manage intelligent bots that interact naturally wherever your users are talking – from your app or website to text/sms to Skype, Slack, Teams, Facebook Messenger, Kik, Office 365 mail and other popular services. Allow your bots to scale based on-demand and you pay only for the resources you consume.
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Whatsapp Channel
Add Whatsapp as a Channel
76 votesPer @sudip comment. WhatsApp needs to expose a public HTTP API endpoint to enable any future Azure Bot Service Channel integration.
This item remains under review until the time WhatsApp provide public API
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Skype for Business connector
For any serious enterprise use, we need an integration with Microsoft Skype for Business. Please add the necessary connector ASAP!
36 votesThis channel is now in preview in the Azure Bot Service for O365 and Hybrid-On-Prem Skype for Business Scenarios.
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Enable IVR bot through real phone number
Bot Builder has added the capability a while ago to build IVR (voice call) bots using Skype. However, there is currently no feature to connect these bots to a regular phone# through the Skype Number or other facility. They always have to be reached through a Skype client. This is a request to make these bots reachable through a regular phone# (I don't mind if this feature comes at a consumption-based cost, as it would have considerable business value).
28 votesThank you for your feedback and interest in Azure Bot Service. We are continually evaluating the list of the supported channel by Azure Bot Service. Please review https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-manage-channels?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
This topic is under review, and we will provide periodic updates.
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Please include Amazon Alexa as a channel
Amazon provides an easy integration with its Alexa service, It can help saving time to Azure bot service developers if it was included as a channel.
27 votesThank you for your feedback and interest in Azure Bot Service. We are continually evaluating the list of the supported channel by Azure Bot Service. Please review https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-manage-channels?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
This topic is under review, and we will provide periodic updates.
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Suggested Actions for MS Teams
Please implement the sugessted Actions for MS Teams like in WebChat or Skype. They are designed to enhance the user experience and help in conducting conversations.
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Viber channel for bot service
Viber has fully functional API for Chat. Please apply this in MBF
21 votesThank you for your feedback and interest in Azure Bot Service. We are continually evaluating the list of the supported channel by Azure Bot Service. Please review https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-manage-channels?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
This topic is under review, and we will provide periodic updates.
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Allow adding images to the knowledge base in qnamaker for QnA Bots
I was creating a QnA Bot using some existing FAQs documents. Answers to some questions include images. However, when I imported the Word document that contained the FAQs (with images) to create a knowledge base, only content was imported. There was no option either to add images once the knowledge base was created. Sometimes, visuals make an answer easy to understand.
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Enable multi-tenant bots
Bot service is something that more than one of our customers has expressed interest in, but we don't want to have to deploy a new Bot instance for every one of them. Please add multi-tenant capabilities to ABS so we can detect the bot name that received the request and use the same back-end code across multiple endpoints.
19 votes@Graham, I would like to clarify the ask. Are you looking to create a single bot (with the same functionality) that can serve multiple ‘different’ (for lack of better term) companies/ groups? Can you clarify if all groups are on the same channel? Will each group use a different bot name as part of their intents? Please provide additional details for your scenario.
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13 votes
@srinivas, I assume you are looking to enable end users to sign in with their AAD accounts and have access to organizationally managed skills using Cortana? Or you are looking to build and maintain your bots with a Cortana account?
We are working to improve Bot Framework integration across a wide variety of channels, including enhancing support for existing channels such as Cortana. Please review our docs for updates – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-manage-channels?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
This topic is under review, and we will provide periodic updates.
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Discord Channel
Add discord bots as a channel
Bot Framework is a great way to easily make bots for many channels, if there was a way I could easily make my existing bot talk as a discord bot that would be great!
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Twitter Connector
Twitter connector to allow bot to post to respond to Twitter DMs.
10 votesThank you for your feedback and interest in Azure Bot Service. We are continually evaluating the list of the supported channel by Azure Bot Service. Please review https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-manage-channels?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
This topic is under review, and we will provide periodic updates.
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Easy way to deploy MS Teams bot to users?
Looking for an easy way to deploy MS Teams bot to users.
Deploying a bot to an organization needs to be easy or users won't utilize it. Since MS Teams will become the new Skype, it make sense that companies will use it for bots. However, the store, links, and chat do not provide a fool proof solution yet.
In this feature request, there could be a link or one could call the bot by name instead of an app id and it would load the bot to both the Teams client and the Teams web site in unison.
7 votesWe are aware of the need to improve bot discovery. We are working to enhance Bot Framework integration across a wide variety of channels, including increasing support for existing channels such as Teams. Please review our docs for updates – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-manage-channels?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
This topic is under review, and we will provide periodic updates.
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Integrate with LinkedIn
Add LinkedIn channel for post and chats
7 votesWe are working to enhance Bot Framework integration across a wide variety of channels, including increasing support for existing channels such as Teams. Please review our docs for updates – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-manage-channels?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
This topic is under review, and we will provide periodic updates.
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Allow WebChat Customization
It would be nice to have a way to configure the default WebChat's iFrame without having to rebuilt it from sources (change color, size, enable/disable button...)
7 votesAs noted by @poy the WebChat control is open source project.
You can rebuild that with repo below.
github.com/Microsoft/BotFramework-WebChatWith that said, we are reviewing the option to enhance the Web Chat control capabilities to allow developers to customize its looks and feel without forking it.
This topic is under view.
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7 votes
Thank you for your feedback and interest in Azure Bot Service. We are continually evaluating the list of the supported channel by Azure Bot Service. Please review https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-manage-channels?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
This topic is under review, and we will provide periodic updates.
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human hand off part of bot framework
Human Hand Off should be included or offered by Azure BOT v4 or Virtual Assistant framework
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Speech Priming for non-US LUIS Apps
The document https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-manage-speech-priming?view=azure-bot-service-4.0 says "Priming is not supported from non U.S. regional LUIS apps including: eu.luis.ai and au.luis.ai" - is that a permanent restriction or will it be opened to eu.luis.ai etc soon?
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Bot registration unusable after migration
Migrated my bot registration to Azure, and now I cannot manage it!
I just migrated my bot registration to Azure, and now I cannot manage it! Most of the options like TestInWebchat just show an error "There was an error refreshing your sign-in information. Refresh and try again."Why? Shouldn't it be working smoothly?
And what the heck is a "Bot Channels Registration"? This is a bot registration, not a channel... BTW My botframework service is running in Azure as well - why can't I just mark my service as a bot directly?
Please, stop introducing confusing names.
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Allow addition of a Created Bot
I created a bot and want to publish it to Azure. When I go through the process I get "This msa app id is already in use". I am able to create a brand new bot but please allow publishing of existing bots
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App insights created in the wrong location
As attached, when creating a bot service in a location that does support App Insights, it still creates it in a different location.
6 votesWe are working on adding additional App Insights regions to Azure. Any coverage gaps with App Insights are temporary.
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