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This episode of Power Virtual Agents (PVA) is about how to configure channels in your PVA.

This is #thenocodeway to leverage the power platform. Following steps are required:

Custom Website

• Go to Channels –Custom Wesbite
• Copy embed code
• Go to your website and paste it on the desired page

Microsoft Teams

• Go to Channels
  • Teams
  • Generate App ID by clicking ‘add’
• Go to admin.teams.Microsoft.com
  • Teams apps
  • Permission policies
  • Third party apps- allow
• Go to Teams app-Create a channel if you need to
• Go to app studio (https://aka.ms/InstallTeamsAppStudio _Install App Studio)
  • Go to manifest editor and click create a new app
  • Enter app details
  • Then go to capabilities–bots
  • Set up an existing bot uEnter App ID generated by PVA
  • Go to finish and test your bot (Either download and upload file or just install and add)

Video here:

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Hello Everyone

Hope you’re all keeping safe. For information on how to keep yourself safe from COVID-19 visit https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public

This episode of Power Virtual Agents (PVA) is about how to authenticate users in your PVA.

This is #thenocodeway to leverage the power platform. Following steps are required:

• Go to Manage and click ‘Authentication’
• Pre-filled and optional fields on the authentication form:
  • Service Provider
  • Scopes
• Copy information from docs.microsoft.com for the following fields:
  • Authorisation URL query string template – ?client_id={ClientId}&response_type=code&redirect_uri={RedirectUrl}&scope={Scopes}&state={State}
  • Token URL query string template “?”
  • Refresh URL query string template “?”
  • Refresh body template -refresh_token={RefreshToken}&redirect_uri={RedirectUrl}&grant_type=refresh_token&client_id={ClientId}&client_secret={ClientSecret}
  • Scope list delimiter “,”
  • Token body template -code={Code}&grant_type=authorization_code&redirect_uri={RedirectUrl}&client_id={ClientId}&client_secret={ClientSecret}
• Azure portal– App registration

• Register App and get your Client ID
  • Create a secret and get your Client secret
  • Add permissions
  • openid- to sign users in
  • User.Read.All- to read user’s profile
  • User.Read- generated by default
  • Redirect URL- https://token.botframework.com/.auth/web/redirect

• Remaining fields for authorisation configuration
  • Authorisation URL template- Overview>>Endpoints>>OAuth2.0 authorisation endpoint 2.0 (copy)
  • Token URL template-Overview>>Endpoints>>OAuth2.0 token endpoint 2.0 (copy)
  • Refresh URL template- same as token URL template
  • Scope- Your DB URL/user_impersonation

Video here:

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This episode of Power Virtual Agents (PVA) is about understanding ‘Entities’ in PVA.

This is for us #nocodemonkeys to leverage the power platform. Following is covered in the video:

• Entities in PVA
  • To better understand a user’s intent
  • Think of it as an information unit like age, gender, shirt size, city, post code etc.
  • Prebuilt entities in PVA
  • Custom entities in PVA

• Creating a custom entity
  • Enter name
  • List method preselected
  • Smart matching
  • Synonyms

• Entities in a conversation
  • Identify
  • User options
• Slot filling
  • Extracted values in an object

See you in the next episode.

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Hello Everyone

Hope you’re all keeping safe. For information on how to keep yourself safe from COVID-19 visit https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public

This episode of Power Virtual Agents (PVA) is about understanding ‘Topics’ in PVA.

This is for us #nocodemonkeys to leverage the power platform. Following is covered in the video:

See you in the next episode.

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