Send an SMS Message Quickstart

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For full instructions on how to build this code sample from scratch, look at Quickstart: Send an SMS Message

Prerequisites

• An Azure account with an active subscription. Create an account for free.
• Install Visual Studio
• The latest version .NET Core client library for your operating system.
• An active Communication Services resource and connection string. Create a Communication Services resource.
• An SMS enabled telephone number. Get a phone number.

Code Structure

• ./SendSMS/Program.cs: Core application code with send SMS implementation.
• ./SendSMS/SendSMS.csproj: Project configuration file.
• ./Samples.sln: Visual Studio solution.

Before running sample code

1. Open an instance of PowerShell, Windows Terminal, Command Prompt or equivalent and navigate to the directory that you'd like to clone the sample to.
2. git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/Communication-Services-dotnet-quickstarts.git
3. With the Connection String procured in pre-requisites, add it to the SendSMS/program.cs file. Assign your connection string in line 3: const string connectionString = "YOUR_CONNECTION_STRING";
4. With the SMS enabled telephone number procured in pre-requisites, add it to the SendSMS/program.cs file. Assign your telephone number in line 13: from: new PhoneNumber("+1YOUR-PHONE-NUMBER"),

Run Locally

1. Open SendSMS.sln
2. Run the SendSMS project