The document discusses developing chatbots using the Microsoft Bot Framework and LUIS. It provides an overview of what chatbots are, why they are useful, and the basic steps to create a bot project using the Bot Framework and Visual Studio. It also describes how to configure LUIS cognitive services to add natural language capabilities to the bot and allow it to understand user intents. The document then explains how to publish the bot to platforms like Skype, Facebook Messenger, and Azure.

1. Chatbot development with
Microsoft Bot Framework and LUIS
Md. Mahedee Hasan
Microsoft MVP , Visual Studio and Development Technologies
Senior Software Architect, Leadsoft Bangladesh Limited
Trainer, Leads Training and Consulting Limited
Microsoft Community Contributor
Blog: http://mahedee.net
MVP | Sr. Software Architect | Trainer | Technical Blogger | MCTS
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What is Chatbot?
Bot is a automated software designed by human
programmers to do tasks
Chatbot is a automated software to talk customer using
messaging apps

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Why Chatbot?
One to one messaging with thousands of customer at a time
Application of chatbot
Order Pizza
HR issues
Customer
Support
Personal Finance
assistant
Schedule
Meeting
Product
Suggestions
Weather
Bank and
Insurance

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What is Microsoft Bot Framework
A platform for building, connecting, testing and
deploying powerful and intelligent bots
Open Source
Connect cross platform with the flip of a switch

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Installation Requirements
• Visual Studio 2015 / 2017
• Download Bot template: Visual Studio Bot Template - C#
• Save the zip file to Visual Studio 2015/2017 template directory
“%USERPROFILE%DocumentsVisual Studio
2017TemplatesProjectTemplatesVisual C#"

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Create Project
• Start Visual Studio 2015/2017
• From the file -> New->Project
• Select Visual C# template
• Select Bot Application
• Click OK

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Test by bot emulator
• Download bot emulator
• https://emulator.botframewo
rk.com/
• botframework-emulator-
Setup-3.5.32.exe
• Install bot emulator
• Test your project
• Type
http://localhost:3979/api/me
ssages
• Debug your project typing
the following URL
https://your_bots_hostname
/api/messages in the
emulator.

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Publish bot to Microsoft Azure

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Register Bot with Microsoft Bot Framework
• Go to https://dev.botframework.com/
• My bot -> Create bot (Select Register an existing bot
built using Bot Builder SDK.)
• Generate Microsoft App Id and Microsoft App
Password

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Publish application on Azure again
• Add Microsoft App Id and Microsoft App Password to
bot web.config
• Publish application to azure again
• Now test application using bot tester

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Connect bot with skype channel
• Click Skype channel -> Add to the contact
• Connect to the bot
• Start chatting
• Invite by: https://join.skype.com/bot/61e2a1fc-b72b-41bc-
9f6e-263bd29dc149

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Connect bot with Facebook channel
• Go to https://dev.botframework.com/
• Select My bot -> Select bot (you created)
• Add channel Facebook messenger
– Click Facebook messenger
• Add Facebook messenger credential in dev.botframework.com
from developers.facebook.com

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Add products
• Add Product -> Add webhooks in developers.facebook.com
• Click Setup
• Select page
• Click subscribe to this topic
• Select and subscribe page
• Add Call Back URL and Verify Token -> Click verify and save
• Add Product -> Messenger
• Edit events

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Complete chatbot with Facebook
• Add a Facebook user in role as tester in
developers.facebook.com
• Now from the user send message to the page and get auto
response

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Complete chatbot with Facebook
• Add a Facebook user in role as tester in
developers.facebook.com
• Now from the user send message to the page and get auto
response

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What is LUIS
• Language Understanding Intelligent Service
• It is one of Microsoft Cognitive Services
• It is build on NLP
• You can add conversational intelligence to your app

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Why LUIS?
• It is fast and easy
• It learns and adapts
• It offers pre-built domains
• It is a power developer tool
• It is MultiLingual

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Configure LUIS to your Bot
[LuisModel("6f13a4ce-dabe-485a-bb3f-9aba3156ea95", "5ea418ae538a402a9b99a936389fd0e7", domain:
"westus.api.cognitive.microsoft.com", staging: true)]
[Serializable]
public partial class RootLuisDialog : LuisDialog<object>
{
private string userData;
public RootLuisDialog(string userData)
{
this.userData = userData;
}
[LuisIntent("")]
[LuisIntent("None")]
public async Task None(IDialogContext context, LuisResult result)
{
string message = $"Sorry, I don’t have answer of this question. " +
$"I am an artificial intelligence system. " +
$"I am still learning. ";
message += StaticMessage.AboutDemo;
await context.PostAsync(message);
context.Wait(this.MessageReceived);
}
}

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• TechNet Profile:
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• Github Profile: https://github.com/mahedee
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20. • Email: mahedee.hasan@gmail.com;
Mahedee_hasan@leads-bd.com
• Tag me in facebook group post
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/techinfo.bd
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https://facebook.com/mahedee19
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