Prashant G Bhoyar, a Microsoft MVP and solution architect at Withum Smith + Brown, discusses the Microsoft Bot Framework and its applications for SharePoint developers during the SharePoint Fest in Washington, DC. The presentation covers the importance of bots and AI in business applications, practical applications of cognitive services, and provides resources for getting started with bot development. Key takeaways include the significance of exploring these technologies and leveraging Microsoft resources for personal development and experimentation.

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Prashant G Bhoyar MVP
SharePoint Fest, Washington, DC, USA https://sharepointfest.com/DC/
02 May 2019
Microsoft Bot Framework
for SharePoint Developers

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Who AM I ?
• Born and raised in India
• Came to United States of America in 2007 for studies
• University of Maryland College Park Alumni
• Co-Author of the book “PowerShell for Office 365”
• Technical Reviewer of the book “Pro : SharePoint 2013 Administration”
• Founder and Organizer of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning User Group
and DC-Metro Office 365 User Group
➢ Monthly in person & online free event
➢ https://www.meetup.com/ArtificialIntelligenceAndMachineLearning/
➢ http://www.meetup.com/DC-Metro-Office-365-User-Group/
• Organizer of
➢ Global Azure Bootcamp – Day long free event
➢ AI Fest
➢ Azure Data Fest
➢ SharePoint Saturday Baltimore (SPSBMORE)- – Day long free event
http://www.spsevents.org/city/baltimore
➢ Organizer of SharePoint Saturday DC ( SPSDC ) - Day long free event
➢ http://www.spsevents.org/city/DC/
Prashant G Bhoyar
(PGB)

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Who AM I ?
• Recipient of Antarctic Service Medal
• Microsoft MVP ( Most Valuable
Professional)
• Solution Architect at Withum Smith
and Brown PC
➢https://digital.withum.com
➢Former Portal Solutions
➢Focus on Microsoft Solutions and
Services
➢Works in Bethesda, Maryland Office
Prashant G Bhoyar
(PGB)

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• 100 Level Session
• What is Microsoft Bot Framework?
• What is Azure Bot Service?
• How to get started?
• Bots and SharePoint
• What is Microsoft Cognitive Services?
• Demos
• Key Takeaways
• Q&A
Agenda

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Housekeeping
▪ Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/pgbhoyar
▪ Giveaway : PowerShell for Office 365
▪ Drop your business card
▪ Ask lot of questions

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Audience Poll
▪ How many of you are IT pros?
▪ How many of you are Developers?
▪ How many of you are Power Users?
▪ How many of you are using Bot Framework and Cognitive Services?
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Why We Should invest time to learn Bots & AI?
▪ Because of the advancements in the computation, tech industry is focusing on
using AI in business applications
▪ I think right now it is at the same state as mobile development was when iPhone
1 was first launched
▪ I think in next 2-3 year, AI & ML will be mainstream
▪ Amazon sold “Millions” of Alexa devices during this holiday season
• https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/28/amazon-sold-millions-of-alexa-devices-over-the-
holiday-shopping-weekend/
▪ You don’t need to be a Data Scientist to use AI/Machine Learning ☺
• Analogy : JavaScript Frameworks
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What is AI?
“the effort to automate intellectual
tasks normally performed by
humans”
• Francois Chollet
AI Researcher @ Google
Author of the Keras deep learning package
AI Hierarchy:
1. Strong AI
1. Science Fiction
2. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
1. Example Jarvis in Iron Man
3. Weak AI
• Specialized for specific tasks
• We’re here now

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Amplifying human ingenuity
with intelligent technology

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B R E ADTH
Microsoft AI Platform: Azure + AI

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A I r e s o u r c e s
G e t s t a r t e d
azure.com/cognitive azure.com/bots
aka.ms/mldeeplearning
aka.ms/csdoc aka.ms/botquickstart aischool.microsoft.com/
channel9.msdn.com/Shows/AI-Show

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Why Bots?
▪ Automate the repetitive tasks and free up the resources
▪ Available all the time
▪ If done right, simplifies the UI
▪ Supports multiple channels
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Why a Bot?

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Kinds of Bots

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Microsoft Bot Framework

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UX Support Channels

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Author Dialogs
Design Cards
Visualize
Bot Builder SDK
Cognitive
Services
Getting Started
Templates
Emulator​
Application
Insights
Emulator
DevOps Tools
Azure
BYO Web Host
WebChat
Cortana
Skype
Facebook
…
Application
Insights
LUIS
Suggestions

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Conversation AI Tools

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BUSINESS USER ACCESSIBILITY : Q&A Maker

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Demo : Q&A Maker

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Cognitive Services Bot Service
Infuse your apps with powerful, pre-trained
AI models
Customize easily and tailor to your needs
Train in the cloud and deploy anywhere
Accelerate bot development with an
integrated environment and pre-built
templates
Engage your audience easily across
multiple channels
Vision Speech Language Search
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Cognitive Services capabilities
Infuse your apps, websites, and bots with human-like intelligence

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Bots-Cognitive Services: Practical Applications
•Room booking system
•In-House Help Desk
•Meeting booking system
•Intelligent Search
•Recommendation Engines :
•Training Needs,
•Resourcing Needs,
•Process Improvements

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Prerequisites and setup steps
Download links:
• Visual Studio 2015 or later
o https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/
o Requires .NET Framework (to install templates)
• Templates
o Application Template - http://aka.ms/bf-bc-vstemplate
▪ Belongs in the ~Visual Studio 2017TemplatesProjectTemplatesVisual C#Bot Application.zip
o Bot Controller Template - http://aka.ms/bf-bc-vscontrollertemplate
▪ Belongs in the ~Visual Studio 2017TemplatesItemTemplatesVisual C#Bot Controller.zip
o Bot Dialog Template - http://aka.ms/bf-bc-vsdialogtemplate
▪ Belongs in the ~Visual Studio 2017TemplatesItemTemplatesVisual C#Bot Controller.zip
• IIS Express
o https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48264
• Bot Emulator
o https://emulator.botframework.com/

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Demo

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LESSONS LEARNED

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▪ Sign up for Office 365 Developer
Program at http://dev.office.com/
▪ Get 1 year of Office 365
subscription for free
▪ Excellent for personal
development use
▪ 1 Month Trial
▪ https://products.office.com/en-
us/business/compare-office-365-
for-business-plans
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How to get personal Office 365
Developer Tenant?

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How to get personal Azure Subscription?
▪ If you have MSDN Enterprise subscription
▪ You can get $150/month Azure credits for free
▪ Sign Up for Free trial :
https://azure.microsoft.com/
▪ Credit Card is required
▪ Microsoft Imagine
▪ Former Dreamspark
▪ No credit card required
▪ Valid .edu account from participating
school/institution
▪ Limited feature sets

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• Cortana Skills Kit for Enterprise
• https://blogs.microsoft.com/ai/cortana-for-enterprise/
• Microsoft Bot Framework v4 SDK is now
generally available
• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/build-conversational-experiences-
with-microsoft-bot-framework/
Key Announcements from Ignite 2018

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Key Takeaways
▪ Hopefully the contents we covered today made you to explore Bots
and Cognitive Services and you will go home and play with it ☺
• https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cognitive-services/?v=18.06
• https://dev.botframework.com/
▪ Sign up for Developer Program using https://dev.office.com/
▪ Spend some time doing research before investing time to
learn/explore new product/services

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• What is Microsoft Bot Framework?
• What is Azure Bot Service?
• How to get started?
• What is Microsoft Cognitive Services?
• Demos
• Key Takeaways
Recap

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References
▪ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/bot-framework/
▪ https://githib.com/Microsoft/BotBuilder
▪ https://dev.botframework.com/
▪ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/#pivot=products&panel=ai
▪ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/studio/algorithm-
cheat-sheet

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Q&A

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Questions? Feedback? Contact me:
▪ Email: pgbhoyar@gmail.com
▪ Twitter: @PGBhoyar
▪ Blog: http://pgbhoyar.com
▪ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pgbhoyar/
▪ Slides :https://www.slideshare.net/pgbhoyar
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