Conversational AI updates from MSBuild 2021
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Microsoft Bot Framework#
In this section you’ll find the list of all updates related to the Microsoft Bot Framework (check out the official blog post on all the updates from here ):
Bot Framework Composer#
- Bot Framework Composer 2.0 is GA
- Remember, in my blog post about Microsoft Build updates last year I reported, that Composer has been gone GA . Now 1 year forward, we now get the next major version of Composer with lots of great feautures and updates
- You can either download the desktop app from here for Windows , here for MacOS or here for Linux
- Bot Framework Composer 2.0 introduces new templates (both in C# & Node (Preview)):
- Empty Bot
- Core Bot with Language
- Core Bot with QnA Maker
- Core Assistant Bot
- Enterprise Assistant Bot
- Enterprise Calendar Bot
- Enterprise People Bot
- Bot Framework Components
are now available as a package management solution in Composer:
- You can now install reusable components built by Microsoft or the Bot Framework Community or you can even build your own reusable packages for your Bot Framework Composer based bots
- Publishing to Azure has been made easier
- The publishing process of your Composer built bots is getting a lot easier with the release of the integrated resource provisioning and publishing:
- New interaction types like speech and cards available in Composer to ease the authoring of text & voice bots by having a rich authoring experience including SSML
:
- New Adaptive Runtime for all Bot Framework bots (Composer & SDK) which encapsulates many capabilities like multilingual support or access to Cognitive Services available
- Power Virtual Agent integration in Bot Framework Composer is now GA
- Consuming and developing skills in Composer has been improved and simplified
Conversational AI Platform#
- Orchestrator deplaces Bot Framework Dispatch as a dispatching solution
- Conversational User Experience Guide
has been released with lots of useful information on how to build a good CUX
Azure Bot Service#
- Azure Bot Service Telephony Channel in preview
- Azure Monitor support in Azure Bot Service
- Customer Managed Encryption Keys available in Azure Bot Service
