{"id":5535,"date":"2017-01-17T17:10:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T17:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/premier_developer\/?p=5535"},"modified":"2019-02-14T20:27:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T03:27:43","slug":"bots-on-azure-not-as-complex-as-it-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/premier-developer\/bots-on-azure-not-as-complex-as-it-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Bots on Azure &#8211; Not as Complex as it Sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post is provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/clouddan\"><em>Dan Simmons<\/em><\/a><em>, a Technical Delivery Manager within our team here at Premier Support for Developers.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dev.botframework.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"443\" title=\"image\" align=\"right\" style=\"float: right;padding-top: 0px;padding-left: 0px;margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;padding-right: 0px;border: 0px\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/04\/image286.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>I was having a discussion with a colleague about how customers will help you better understand them.\u00a0 I had asked if they had thought about putting a bot on their webpage to help them with this and she said they had not mainly because the cost would be exorbitant to build. In my naivety, I suggested it would likely take me even only 2-3 days to create something which they could use and someone on my team (talented developers) could likely do it within hours. She was astonished and I was now worried and asking myself the question, &#8220;am I out of my element by giving this estimate?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I decided to put my theory to the test&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Continue reading <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/bots-azure-complex-sounds-dan-simmons?trk=prof-post\"><strong>Dan\u2019s post on LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more about the Bot Framework <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.botframework.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Contact your Premier <\/em><strong><i>ADM<\/i><\/strong><em> or email <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/premier_developer\/contact-us\/\">us<\/a><em><\/em><em> to learn how <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoftservices\/premier_support_developers.aspx\"><em>Premier Support for Developers<\/em><\/a><em> can help you minimize technical debt and ensure your solutions stay supported with Microsoft by your side.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is provided by Dan Simmons, a Technical Delivery Manager within our team here at Premier Support for Developers. 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