Power Virtual Agents Chatbot with Microsoft Teams
Power Virtual Agents may be defined as a no-code, guided graphical interface solution that allows your team members to construct rich, conversational chatbots that connect seamlessly with the Teams platform. Furthermore, all Power Virtual Agents material is rendered natively in Teams, and Power Virtual Agents bots interact with users on Teams’ native chat canvas.
Additionally, without setting up a development environment, creating a web service, or directly registering with the Bot Framework, your IT administrators, business analysts, domain specialists, and professional app developers may design, develop, and deploy intelligent virtual agents for Teams.
Steps to make your chatbot available in Teams using the Power Virtual Agents portal
- Publish the latest bot content: Once you have created a chatbot in the Power Virtual Agents portal, you are required to publish your bot at least once before Teams users can interact with it.
- Configure the Teams channel: Then, after publishing your bot, you can add the Teams channel to make the bot available to Teams users.
- Generate an App Id for your chatbot: Further, when the Teams channel has been successfully added to your chatbot, an App Id will be generated in the dialog box. The App Id is a unique Microsoft generated identifier for your bot. Then, copy and save the App Id we may need it later to create an app package for Teams.
Steps to Add your bot to Teams using App Studio
If your Teams instance allows you to publish custom apps, you may utilize Teams App Studio to submit your chatbot and start using it right away. You may ask your administrator to make your chatbot available in the tenant app catalog, or you can email your app package to others and ask them to upload it on their own.
Install App Studio in Teams
- Software Studio is a collaboration app for Teams. Install App Studio from the Teams store to make creating and registering bots in Teams easier:
- Search for App Studio using the app store icon in your Teams instance.
- In the pop-up dialogue box, choose the App Studio tile and then Install.
Create the Teams app manifest in App Studio
- Bots in Teams are defined by a JSON file called an app manifest, which contains basic information about your bot and its capabilities. Select Manifest editor and Create a new app in App Studio.
Add your bot details
- Fill out all of the mandatory fields.
Set up your bot
- Perform the following steps to set up the bot:
- Go to the Bots tab.
- Choose Setup > Existing bot and give your bot a name.
Add your App ID
- Follow the steps below to add your App ID:
- Choose Connect to a separate bot id and paste the App Id you copied previously into the box.
- Select Scope > Personal > Save.
Add valid domains for your bot
- If your bot requires the user to sign in, this step is needed. Select Domains and Permissions and provide the following information in the Valid Domains field:
Bash:
token.botframework.com
Test and distribute your bot
- To add your bot straight to your Teams instance, go to the Test and Distribute page and pick Install.
- You can also share the finished app package with Teams users or provide it to your admin to make your bot available in the tenant app catalogue by downloading it.
Start a chat
The process of integrating your Power Virtual Agents chat bot with Teams is now complete. In a personal chat, you may now start a conversation with your bot.
