description Microsoft Bot Framework Overview
Microsoft Bot Framework provides a comprehensive platform for building and deploying enterprise-grade chatbots. It's open-source and deeply integrated with Azure, offering a wide range of connectors and adaptive card support for rich conversational experiences. The framework allows developers to build bots for various channels, including Teams, Slack, and web chat. It prioritizes enterprise security and compliance, with features like data encryption and role-based access control.
Pricing is based on Azure consumption.
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Is Microsoft Bot Framework free and open source?
The Bot Framework SDK and the visual authoring tool Bot Framework Composer are open source, with code available on GitHub. The framework itself is free to use, though you pay for the underlying Azure services that host and connect your bot.
What channels can I deploy a Microsoft Bot Framework bot to?
Bots built on Azure Bot Service can be connected to channels including Microsoft Teams, Web Chat for websites, email, and telephony integrations. The same bot logic can serve multiple channels at once through these channel connectors.
What's the difference between Bot Framework and Microsoft Copilot Studio?
Copilot Studio, the 2023 rebranding of Power Virtual Agents, is the low-code route for building conversational agents, while the Bot Framework SDK is the pro-code route for developers needing full control. Both integrate with Azure and can publish to channels like Teams, and complex Copilot Studio bots can call Bot Framework skills.
Which programming languages does the Bot Framework SDK support?
The SDK ships for C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python. For richer conversational UIs, the framework supports Adaptive Cards, which render interactive buttons and forms inside channels like Teams.
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