Bot Framework SDK documentation

The Bot Framework SDK allows you to create and develop bots for Azure AI Bot Service.

About the SDK

Overview

• Choose the right chatbot solution
• What is the Bot Framework SDK?
• Regionalization support

Concept

• How bots work
• How skill bots work

Get started

Quickstart

• Create a basic bot
• Create an Azure Bot resource

How-To Guide

• Send and receive messages
• Principles of bot design

Manage conversation flow

Concept

• About the dialogs library

How-To Guide

• Sequential conversation flow
• Manage dialog complexity
• Advanced conversation flow

Test a bot

How-To Guide

• Test and debug with the Emulator
• Add trace activities to your bot
• Test a published bot with the Emulator
• Debug a skill or skill consumer

Publish a bot

How-To Guide

• Deploy your bot to Azure
• Set up continuous deployment
• Configure bot settings
• Connect a bot to channels

Add authentication

Concept

• Bot authentication

How-To Guide

• Add authentication to a bot

Reference

• Troubleshoot authentication

Languages

Reference

• .NET
• JavaScript
• Java (retiring Nov 2023)
• Python(retiring Nov 2023)

Need Help?

Reference

• Get support

sample

• Samples
• Bot Builder Community repos

Resources

Overview

• Copilot Studio
• Microsoft Teams overview
• Azure AI services

Concept

• How Microsoft Teams bots work