22-25 April 2026 
SQLBits 2022
0 to an fully functional teams bot in 20 minutes!
0 to an fully functional teams bot in 20 minutes!
This is a one-slide session, where I will build, from scratch, a bot in Teams using Power Virtual Agents for Teams.
Bot's in Teams, is a really useful way of providing to users, via their Teams client, a way of interacting with all kinds of automation. Powered by Power Automate, there are hundreds of automated tasks that can be just a chat message away.
Join me and see if I can get a useful bot built-in 20 minutes
Feedback link: https://sqlb.it/?6960
Bot's in Teams, is a really useful way of providing to users, via their Teams client, a way of interacting with all kinds of automation. Powered by Power Automate, there are hundreds of automated tasks that can be just a chat message away.
Join me and see if I can get a useful bot built-in 20 minutes
Feedback link: https://sqlb.it/?6960
Speakers
Mark Hayes's previous sessions
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0 to an fully functional teams bot in 20 minutes!
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