Creating a Chatbot Using the Azure Bot Framework SDK

This lesson shows you the fundamentals of how to design, create, and test chatbots using the Azure Bot Framework SDK. You’ll learn about the Bot Framework SDK, the key components that form a chatbot, and how to use templates in Visual Studio to create chatbots.

We'll help you understand the importance of Turn Context and State Management and how these are used in chatbots with the Bot Framework SDK. We'll also cover the dialog library, different types of dialogs, and how you can use these to model conversational logic in your chatbots.

The lesson wraps up by showing you how to get your chatbot published in Azure and test your chatbot using the Azure Portal.

Learning Objectives

• Using the Bot Framework SDK to create a chatbot
• Implementing Dialogs and State Management
• Testing chatbots using the Bot Framework Emulator
• Deploying a chatbot to Azure
• Testing a chatbot in Azure

Intended Audience

This lesson is intended for developers and software architects who want to learn more about the Bot Framework SDK and how it can be used to create conversational AI solutions in Microsoft Azure.

Prerequisites

Intermediate knowledge of C# is required for this lesson. You’ll also need to be familiar with Azure concepts such as App Service and Azure Key Vault, and be comfortable using Microsoft Visual Studio Community edition.