The bot as the first line of defense Microsoft’s Bot Framework was the big surprise of BUILD 2016. Or wasn’t.

A year after the launch of the Microsoft Bot Framework, today Microsoft announced that its toolkit for creating bots is now used by over 130,000 developers. This number is up from the 45,000 ...

Since Microsoft released its Bot Framework as part of its “conversational computing” push at its Build 2016 developer event, it’s continued to regularly update the service, adding new ...

The Microsoft Bot Framework will also create chatbots that can integrate into a range of platforms, including Skype, Slack, Telegram, email, and the web. “We want every developer to be able to ...

Microsoft today is introducing the Bot Framework, a new tool in preview to help developers build their own chatbots for their applications. There is also a new bot directory full of sample bots ...

The Bot Framework SDK also is better integrated with Microsoft Teams now, officials said. Last but not least, Microsoft has enabled the Bot Framework (using the SDK 4.8 or later) to connect to Alexa.

Microsoft may be ready to rev up (again) its conversation as a service strategy, with new additions to its bot-framework toolset. Written by Mary Jo Foley, Senior Contributing Editor Feb. 22, 2018 ...

Microsoft Bot Framework (source: Microsoft). "Addressing customers' and developers' ask for better testing tools, the July version of the SDK introduces a new unit testing capability," said Yochay ...

In a July update, Microsoft released Bot Framework SDK 4.5 and a preview of v4.6, along with updated tools and Azure Bot Service channels for building intelligent, enterprise-grade bots. The update ...

Microsoft continues AI push with expanded Bot Framework, new Cognitive Services By Kevin Parrish Updated May 14, 2017 ...

Microsoft introduced the Azure Bot Framework more than two years ago and companies have been building chatbots for a variety of scenarios ever since. Today, the company made generally available ...