Microsoft Power Virtual Agents Pricing & Demo

Microsoft offers a full-fledged bot framework for developers and enterprises to build smart bots, which can be deployed over various channels, such as social media platforms, websites, and mobile applications. The company’s bot framework offers a range of features for the bot services ecosystem. For offering a better framework for developers, the company has announced various updates, such as new channels, adaptive cards, bot payments, LUIS, bot analytics, and Azure bot services. The company is investing significantly in R&D activities as a part of its business strategy to continuously grow in the areas of AI and cloud computing, and to build more intelligent solutions for its customers. Microsoft has continued to adopt strategies focusing on industry and technology differentiation, as well as geographic expansion. The company has expanded its footprint across countries in the Americas, Europe, and APAC with the help of physical offices, sales offices, R&D centers, and partner ecosystems. The company expects to continue pursuing strategic and targeted acquisitions, and joint ventures, intended to enhance or add its solutions and services to the bot ecosystem. For instance, Microsoft acquired Wand Lab to strengthen its capability in conversational User Interface (UI) and AI bots. The Microsoft bot framework has been used by approximately 130,000 developers across the globe. The company helps developers to add intelligence to their mobile apps and create bots for every business applications. Furthermore, the company has developed XiaoIce, a specialized chat bot for the Chinese audience, which can be accessed on social platforms, such as Weibo and WeChat. XiaoIce has 40 million users across China.