Create Echo Bot using Azure Bot Service

Before starting, I hope you have an Azure Subscription. If you don’t have one, create a free account here. This bot is created using azure services. If you want to create an echo bot using the C# template using Bot Builder SDK in Visual Studio, go to my post Create Echo Bot using Bot Builder SDK in Local Environment | Microsoft Bot Framework.

Please Note: Web App Bot and Bot Channels Registration will be deprecated but existing resources will continue to work. You should use Azure Bot, instead.

This blog post uses Web App Bot.

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Step 1: Go to Azure Portal – https://portal.azure.com/

Step 2: Click on “Create Resource”

Step 3: Search Web App Bot

Step 4: Click Create

Step 5: Fill Web App Bot Form and click Create.

Bot handle – EchoWebAppBot_v1 (Give any name of your choice).
Subscription – Free Trail (Select your subscription – Pay as you go/Free Trial).
Resource Group – Create new or Select from existing. I will create a new resource group with the name “ChatBotResourceGroup”.
Location – Select your app location. I will select “Southeast Asia”.
Pricing Tier – F0 (I will select the free tier for the demo. For higher requirements go for S1 tier. Remember S1 tier will incur charges).
App name – Automatically taken from bot handle.
Bot template – Echo Bot(C#).
App Service Plan – Create new or Select from existing. For creating App Service Plan, go to my “Create App Service Plan in Microsoft Azure” tutorial.
Application Insights – Off (For performance monitoring, you can click “On”).
Microsoft App ID and Password – Auto Create