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Organizations that want to build powerful conversational chatbots
About Azure AI Bot Service
A managed service purpose-built for bot development. Develop intelligent, enterprise-grade bots that help you enrich the customer experience while maintaining control of your data. Build any type of bot—from a Q&A bot to your own branded virtual assistant—to quickly connect your users to the answers they need. Create a bot that can naturally interact with users by easily integrating Cognitive Services. Use open-source SDK and tools to build, test, and publish your bot to Azure. Deploy your bot to popular channels, wherever your customers interact. Create your own branded virtual assistant using solution accelerators. Integrate Bot Service across multiple communication channels to reach more customers, more often. Apply bots to channels including your website or apps, Microsoft Teams, Skype, Slack, Cortana, and Facebook Messenger.
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