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RSS feedMay 2019
New series of Azure Bot Framework enhancements 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.
Language Understanding now has analytics dashboard
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.
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.
QnA Maker now supports multi-turn dialogs
QnA Maker now can handle multi-turn conversation and is even more simple to deploy without code
November 2018
Virtual Assistant solution accelerator is in preview
The virtual assistant solution accelerator simplifies creation of your own assistant, enabling you to get started in minutes.
Azure Bot Service enforcing transport layer security (TLS) 1.2
On December 4, 2018, the Azure Bot Service will require all connections to be secured using transport layer security (TLS) 1.2.
May 2017
Bot Framework Updates
We're pleased to announce updates to the Bot Framework that will provide developers with more tools and streamlined integration to other services for developing bots.
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