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Hands-On Microsoft Teams

By : João Ferreira
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Hands-On Microsoft Teams

By: João Ferreira

Overview of this book

Microsoft Teams is a platform for unified communication in modern workplaces. It not only enables effective communication, but also helps you manage your resources through its integration with various Microsoft Office 365 services. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the platform, getting you up to speed in no time. Complete with hands-on tutorials, and projects, this easy-to-follow guide will teach you how to use Teams in the best possible way. Starting with the basic concepts that will help you collaborate on Teams, this book takes you through expert techniques for creating and managing teams. A dedicated section also features industry practices to help enhance collaboration in modern workplaces. In later chapters, you’ll explore Microsoft services such as SharePoint, PowerApps, Power Automate, and learn how they interact with Microsoft Teams. You’ll also get to grips with dealing with permissions and security issues in managing private and public teams and channels. Along the way, you’ll discover practical scenarios that will help you improve the collaboration in your organization and increase productivity by using Teams features. By the end of this book, you’ll have hands-on experience of using Microsoft Teams, along with the skills you need to improve the way people collaborate in your organization.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Creating a bot using Power Virtual Agents

Microsoft has different tools that allow you to rapidly create bots without writing code. We looked at QnA Maker in the previous section. Now we will have a look at Power Virtual Agents.

Note: Power Virtual Agents licensing

Power Virtual Agents is not included in Microsoft 365 plans – it requires a separate license for it to work. More information about prices can be found on the Power Virtual Agents website at https://powervirtualagents.microsoft.com/.

To get started with Power Virtual Agents, do the following:

  1. Open the sign-in page: https://powervirtualagents.microsoft.com.
  2. Sign in if you already have a license or start a trial by clicking on Sign up free or Start free:

    Figure 9.22: Sign in to Power Virtual Agents

  3. On the Create a new bot popup, give your bot a name:

    Figure 9.23: Create a new bot

  4. Click on Create and wait a few seconds for the process to finish. Once it’s created, you will enter...