Bot State Service will soon be retired on March 31st, 2018

Up until now, we have been providing a default state service for bots built using either the Node.js or .NET SDK’s. The state service is used to store and retrieve user and conversation data within the context of a conversation. Over the last several months as the bot framework has grown, we’ve been encouraging users to implement their own state….

Conversational Bots Deep Dive – What’s new with the General Availability of Azure Bot Service and Language Understanding

Microsoft brings the latest advanced chatbot capabilities to developers’ fingertips, allowing them to create apps that see, hear, speak, understand, and interpret users’ needs — using natural communication styles and methods.” We’re excited to announce we’re making generally available Microsoft Cognitive Services Language Understanding service (LUIS) and Azure Bot Service, two top notch AI services to create digital agents that interact in natural ways and make sense….