Bot Framework FAQ index
APPLIES TO: SDK v3
The following are some common questions that address problems you might face.
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Background and availability
- Why did Microsoft develop the Bot Framework?
- What is the v4 SDK?
- How to run a bot offline?
- Bot Framework SDK Version 3 Lifetime Support and Deprecation Notice
- How can I migrate Azure Bot Service from one region to another?
Bot Framework general
- Why doesn't the Typing activity do anything?
- What is the difference between the Connector library and Builder library in the SDK?
- How do user messages relate to HTTPS method calls?
- How can I intercept all messages between the user and my bot?
- What is the IDialogStack.Forward method in the Bot Framework SDK for .NET?
- What is the difference between "proactive" and "reactive"?
- How can I send proactive messages to the user?
- How can I reference non-serializable services from my C# dialogs in SDK v3?
- What is an ETag? How does it relate to bot data bag storage?
- What is rate limiting?
- How does rate limiting occur?
- What are the rate limits?
- How will I know if I'm impacted by rate limiting?
- How to implement human handoff?
Ecosystem
- How do I enable the emulator to connect to localhost while behind a corporate proxy?
- When will you add more conversation experiences to the Bot Framework?
- I have a communication channel I'd like to be configurable with Bot Framework. Can I work with Microsoft to do that?
- If I want to create a bot for Microsoft Teams, what tools and services should I use?
- How do I create a bot that uses the US Government data center?
- What is the Direct Line channel?
- How does the Bot Framework relate to Cognitive Services?
- What are the steps to configure Web Chat and Direct Line for Azure Government?
- What are the possible machine-readable resolutions of the LUIS built-in date, time, duration, and set entities?
- How can I use more than the maximum number of LUIS intents?
- How can I use more than one LUIS model?
- Where can I get more help on LUIS?
Security and Privacy
- Do the bots registered with the Bot Framework collect personal information? If yes, how can I be sure the data is safe and secure? What about privacy?
- Can I host my bot on my own servers?
- How do you ban or remove bots from the service?
- Which specific URLs do I need to allow-list in my corporate firewall to access Bot Framework services?
- Can I block all traffic to my bot except traffic from the Bot Framework Service?
- Which RBAC role is required to create and deploy a bot?
- What keeps my bot secure from clients impersonating the Bot Framework Service?
Azure
- How do I create my own App Registration?
- What files do I need to zip up for deployment?
- What version of Azure CLI should I use to deploy a bot?
- What should I do when getting Azure CLI deprecation errors?
- What are the CLI deprecated commands related to
az deployment? - How do I know whether the Azure CLI commands are deprecated?