Azure Bot Service documentation

Azure Bot Service provides an integrated environment that is purpose-built for bot development.

Get Started

Create your first bot with Composer

Learn

Choose the right bot building tool for your use case

Tutorial

Build a weather bot with Composer

Development options

There's more than one way to build and deploy a chatbot. Let's take a look at some options.

Bot Framework Composer

An open-source IDE built on the Bot Framework SDK. Composer lets you build chatbots with a visual authoring canvas, and extend with code.

Bot Framework SDK

A modular set of developer tools to build, test, deploy, and manage chatbots in C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.

Power Virtual Agents

Create chatbots with an easy to use graphical interface. No coding or AI expertise required. Works with Power Apps, and extendable with code.

Bot Framework Composer

• What is Bot Framework Composer?
• Install Composer for Windows, macOS, or Linux
• Create your first bot with Composer
• Build a weather bot with Composer

Bot Framework SDK

• What is Bot Framework SDK?
• Create a bot with the SDK
• Provision and publish a bot to Azure
• Connect a bot to channels with the SDK

Power Virtual Agents

• What is a Power Virtual Agent?
• Create and deploy a Power Virtual Agent bot
• Build a Power Virtual Agent HR bot in Teams
• Quotas, limits, and configuration options

Reference

Dive deep into reference for Bot Framework Composer, Bot Framework SDK, and Power Virtual Agents.

Composer

C#

JavaScript

Python

Java

Power Virtual Agents

Additional resources

Tools

• Bot Framework CLI
• Bot Framework Emulator
• Web Chat

Learn modules

• Choose a bot building tool
• Introduction to Azure Bot Service and Bot Framework Composer
• Create a bot with the Bot Framework SDK
• Create chatbots with Power Virtual Agents

Related technologies

• Microsoft Teams
• Language Understanding (LUIS)
• QnA Maker
• Speech service
• Adaptive Cards