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 ...

Businesses and developers will be able to make bots for the newly announced Microsoft Teams using the Microsoft Bot Framework, the company announced today in an event held in New York. Built into ...

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.

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 ...

The Bot Framework is available, as of two weeks ago, in preview form. Currently, developers can build bots via the Microsoft Bot Framework that work in text/SMS, Office 365 mail, Skype, Slack ...

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

Since Microsoft announced the Bot Framework at its 2016 developer conference, over 130,000 developers have signed up to use it. The company is now expanding it further, with new capabilities.