Month: May 2016

Bot and CaaP (Conversation as a Platform) momentum continues at Microsoft. Recently we had a fantastic hack with the super talented folks at Kik and learned a ton. We’ve been working with the Kik team very closely to add the Kik channel to Microsoft Bot Framework. As you see in Ivar Chan’s (Partner Success, Kik Interactive Inc.) blog post, the Kik channel is now….

CONTINUE READING "New Kik Connector; Botness Event Upcoming"

When we first introduced the Microsoft Bot Framework at Build 2016, the framework provided support for text and image conversation across all of our conversation channels. We’ve had great response and developers are creating and connecting new bots of all shapes and sizes every day. In parallel we’ve been working on updating the Bot Framework with new functionality. Last week….

CONTINUE READING "Bots Can Be More Than Text"