Overview Bots are becoming more popular nowadays with their capability to interact with end users and answer their queries. Bots can be easily set up within Microsoft Teams to help Microsoft Teams be more interactive with end users. In this article, we will go through how we can set up a Bot and integrate it… READ MORE
I’ve always been quite impatient with the progress of technology. In the year 2020, if I’m honest I thought we’d be way further ahead than we are right now. I didn’t expect to be enlisting in Starfleet that’s for sure, but I thought that I might at least have a working hoverboard and a flying… READ MORE
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The new Project Oakdale connected Teams application preview version saw the rollout during the Microsoft Ignite 2020 last week. Now it is easier than ever to create a smart bot to Microsoft Teams using Power Virtual Agents app in Teams that can have conversations and perform actions with team members – or with everyone in… READ MORE
Microsoft Teams bots are crucial to get the most out of your collaboration stack. With 91% of companies now using at least 2 messaging apps, there’s a good chance you’ll want to extend the functionality of your Teams with some plugins, add-ons, and bots. Got employees using different chat apps at the same time? There’s a bot… READ MORE
In part three, we chose a random (yet meaningful) birthday quote and ran it through a modified approval process, and we also started the process to choose the send-method for our birthday wishes. Today, we’ll cover two of the methods and how each one processes the information and actually sends the wish out. Let’s get… READ MORE
So far, we’ve worked through the notification process in two different iterations, and how to set up the chatbot interface. We ended the last post by grabbing a list of contacts with upcoming birthdays, and the next few steps will process each of those by choosing a contact method. That list will be an array,… READ MORE
The Birthday Bot started as a simple idea to tie in plenty of fun connectors into a use-case that could translate well to an actual business need. What began as a quick endeavor, however, turned into a multi-part journey as each ‘new thing’ turned into a series of other ‘new things’ to learn. One of… READ MORE
One of the things I teach in my “What to do when your flows don’t flow” session, is to not worry so much about ‘elegance’ or ‘efficiency’. Build the thing with the tools you have, and then go back and make it better as you learn more. I love that Power Automate affords us, as… READ MORE
I am pretty good at remembering birthdays. Where I have trouble sometimes, is giving myself enough time to go buy a card, think of something meaningful to write in it, and then remembering to mail it…all with enough time for it to get there in time. My friends are nodding right now, understanding why they… READ MORE
