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Tutorial: Extend to Microsoft Teams

Create the Application Manifest for Teams

  1. Open App Studio and click Manifest Editor from the top menu bar.
  2. Choose Create a New App
  3. Fill in the first page of the Application Manifest with the information related to your Application. Note that the App ID referenced does not related to the Application ID of your deployed Virtual Assistant.

    New Manifest

  4. Click Bots in the left-hand navigation of App Studio and click Set up
  5. Choose Existing Bot from the Set up a Bot window
  6. Enter a name for your Bot and retrieve the microsoftAppId from the appSettings.json file located in your Assistant project directory and paste into the text-box under Connect to a different bot id. Then select Personal as the scope

    Manifest Setup Bot

  7. Click Create Bot
  8. Now Click Domains and Permissions within App Studio and add token.botframework.com to Valid Domains. This is required for any Authentication steps you have within your Virtual Assistant or Teams to work correctly.
  9. Finally, you can now click Test and Distribute to install your Virtual Assistant for testing or Download the Manifest zip file for distribution. At this time, click Install for local testing.

    Manifest Test