1. Microsoft Ignite NZ
25-28 October 2016
SKYCITY, Auckland

2. Microsoft Bot Framework and how we created the Azure Bot
Thiago Almeida
@nzthiago

3. Bots aren’t new – why are they blowing up?
11/29/2018 6:32 AM
Bots aren’t new – why are they blowing up?
Convergence of technologies
Tools and intelligent services make building powerful bots accessible
Ubiquity of communication channels
App boom is slowing (and top apps are chat apps!)
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4. Bots are not artificial intelligence only
11/29/2018 6:32 AM
Bots are not artificial intelligence only
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5. Bots are not text interface only
11/29/2018 6:32 AM
Bots are not text interface only
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6. Bots are not natural language processing only
11/29/2018 6:32 AM
Bots are not natural language processing only
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7. 11/29/2018 6:32 AM
Bots are apps with a new interface that provide more natural interactions
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8. Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2016
Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2016
11/29/2018 6:32 AM
Bot Connector
Conversation Canvas
Message input <> output
Add logic and keep track of dialogs and state
Connect to people where they are
+Directory for finding your bot, registration and management dashboard
Web Chat
Azure or other
Facebook
GroupMe
Bot Builder SDK
Kik
Your bot code
Skype
Slack
API, SDK calls
+ Intelligent Services
Telegram
Other services, APIs,
Databases, …
Natural Language
Translation
Bot Clipboard w entities
User Preferences
Twilio (SMS) …
Directline
Speech
Entity Extraction
Bing Knowledge
Image Intelligence … … …
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9. microsoft.com/cognitive
Microsoft Build 2016
11/29/2018 6:32 AM
Cognitive Services
microsoft.com/cognitive
Vision
Speech
Language
Knowledge
Search
Computer Vision
Custom Recognition
Custom Recognition
Bing Spell Check
Academic Knowledge
Bing
Web Search
Emotion
Speaker Recognition
Linguistic Analysis
Entity Linking
Bing
Image Search
Face
Speech
Language Understanding
Language Understanding
Knowledge Exploration
Bing
Video Search
Video
Text Analytics
Recommendations
Bing
News Search
WebLM
Bing
Autosuggest
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10. Developer Portal

11. Bot Builder SDKs

12. Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2016
11/29/2018 6:32 AM
Dialogs to model a conversation
Dialogs are reusable
Conversations are scalable to multiple machines
Dialog state is persisted in Bot Connector (per-user, per-session, per- user+session)
Types of Dialogs
Built-in prompts
Yes/No, String, Number, Choices
Natural language understanding (LUIS)
Form slot filling (branching, disambiguation, multi-turn)
Profile (e.g., home address)
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13. Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2016
11/29/2018 6:32 AM
Getting Started
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14. Hipmunk Find flights and deals
Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2016
11/29/2018 6:32 AM
Hipmunk Find flights and deals
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15. Bumberbot Bumbershoot event info Azure Search, DocDB, Regex
Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2016
11/29/2018 6:32 AM
Bumberbot Bumbershoot event info Azure Search, DocDB, Regex
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16. Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2016
11/29/2018 6:32 AM
Your Face
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17. Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2016
11/29/2018 6:32 AM Hi
Login
Start my VM…
Intelligent
Services
Azure Bot
Root Dialog
AuthBot Dialog
Login Intent?
Forward to AuthBot
then resume
LUIS
Resource Group Dialog
VM Dialog
Automation Dialog …
Azure
Azure RM API
Azure AD
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18. Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2016
11/29/2018 6:32 AM
Azure Bot
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19. Where to find docs/samples
Bot framework:
Code samples:
Cognitive Services:
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20. Microsoft Bot Framework and how we created the Azure Bot
Thiago Almeida
@nzthiago

21. 11/29/2018 6:32 AM
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