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Prerequisites

  • Node.js version 10.14.1 or higher

    # determine node version
node --version

To run the bot

  • Install modules

    npm install

  • Start the bot

    npm start

Testing the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

Bot Framework Emulator is a desktop application that allows bot developers to test and debug their bots on localhost or running remotely through a tunnel.

  • Install the Bot Framework Emulator version 4.3.0 or greater from here

Connect to the bot using Bot Framework Emulator

  • Launch Bot Framework Emulator
  • File -> Open Bot
  • Enter a Bot URL of http://localhost:3978/api/messages

Deploy the bot to Azure and microsoft teams

  • Create and configure an azure resource.
    1. Create a bot services resource 2.Global Location
    2. Multi tenant type
    3. Within the certificates and secrets screen create a new secret and copy the unique value
    4. Within the configuration screen, put the end-point of our nodejs server /api/messages in the connection point
    5. On the channels screen add Microsoft teams.
    6. Then click on get codes to insert bot and copy the bot id.
  • Inside our nodejs project write the values ​​inside .env. The values ​​we need are:
    1. MicrosoftAppType=Microsoft.BotService/botServices
    2. MicrosoftAppId= application id
    3. MicrosoftAppPassword=secret value 4.MicrosoftAppTenantId=
  • Create a developer account in Microsoft 365 and create a Microsoft Teams work environment.
  • Visit the Microsoft Teams developer portal and create a Microsoft Teams app. We can configure it to use it only in our company
  • Inside our newly created application, we visit basic info and enter our application client id and put our azure resource id.
  • We can modify our bot permissions as we wish
  • Post.
  • Within Microsoft teams we search the store for our newly created app.

Further reading