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February 2023

15 Feb

Public Preview: Azure Communication Services Chat for Bot Framework

IN PREVIEW

Build conversational AI experiences with Azure Communication Services. Use virtual chat agents to manage growing customer service needs and provide in-chat intelligence with the help of smart assistants.

  • SDK and Tools

May 2021

25 May

Azure Applied AI Services public preview updates for Build 2021

IN PREVIEW

Azure AI is introducing a new category of services called Azure Applied AI Services. These services accelerate time-to-value in building AI solutions for common business processes. Within this category, Azure Video Analyzer is now in public preview. The service brings Live Video Analytics and Video Indexer together so developers can quickly build AI-powered video analytics solutions.

  • Azure Machine Learning
  • Azure AI services
  • Services

March 2021

2 Mar

Public preview: Azure Communication Services interoperability with Microsoft Teams

IN PREVIEW

 Azure Communication Services is now interoperable with Microsoft Teams in preview, enabling you to leverage a unified offering for both internal and external communication experiences.

  • Visual Studio
  • SDKs
  • App Service
  • Event Grid
  • Logic Apps
  • Azure Functions
  • Azure AI services
  • Services

January 2021

6 Jan

Azure Health Bot is now generally available

NOW AVAILABLE

Moving Microsoft Healthcare Bot to Azure and empowering organizations to deliver even better care for patients.

  • Microsoft Healthcare Bot
  • Services

September 2020

22 Sep

Azure Communication Services now available in public preview

IN PREVIEW

Build engaging communication experiences with the same secure platform used by Microsoft Teams. Add video, voice, SMS, chat and telephony capabilities into almost any web, mobile or desktop application.

  • Visual Studio
  • App Service
  • Event Grid
  • Logic Apps
  • Azure Functions
  • Azure AI services
  • Services
  • SDK and Tools

May 2020

19 May

Azure Bot Service and Bot Framework updates for Build 2020

NOW AVAILABLE

See the list of enhancements and new capabilities designed to make chatbot development more productive, including the GAs of Bot Framework Composer and Virtual Assistant solution accelerators, as well as support for human hand-off scenarios.

  • SDK and Tools
  • Features

May 2019

6 May

New series of Azure Bot Framework enhancements now available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Bot Service, built on Microsoft Bot Framework, makes it easier to develop bots and intelligent agents. New enhancements include: Adaptive dialogs enable developers to create more sophisticated, dynamic conversations.

  • Features
6 May

Language Understanding now has analytics dashboard

NOW AVAILABLE

Language Understanding service makes it easier to build language models by extending roles to all entity types, dynamic lists, and providing a new analytics dashboard.

  • Features
6 May

Microsoft Bot Framework enhancements

New feature enhancements to the Microsoft Bot Framework allow developers to handle complex dialogs with users while also enjoying more natural language experiences. The updates include the ability to improve the dialog management process — necessitating less code by using adaptive dialogs. Additionally, Language Generation allows developers to decouple language resources for their bot and then manage those resources in separate files, avoiding the need to hardcode bot responses.

  • Features
6 May

QnA Maker now supports multi-turn dialogs

NOW AVAILABLE

QnA Maker now can handle multi-turn conversation and is even more simple to deploy without code

  • Features

November 2018

14 Nov

Virtual Assistant solution accelerator is in preview

IN PREVIEW

The virtual assistant solution accelerator simplifies creation of your own assistant, enabling you to get started in minutes.

  • Services
14 Nov

Azure Bot Service enforcing transport layer security (TLS) 1.2

IN PREVIEW

On 4th December 2018, the Azure Bot Service will require all connections to be secured using transport layer security (TLS) 1.2.

  • Services
  • Compliance

May 2017

11 May

Bot Framework Updates

IN PREVIEW

We are pleased to announce updates to the Bot Framework that will provide developers with more tools and streamlined integration to other services for developing bots.

  • Features

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