Progress in the shift to conversational computing

Four months ago at //build 2016, Satya Nadella outlined. He explained that pairing “the power of natural human language with advanced machine intelligence” will enable organizations and consumers to get   Microsoft Support Phone Number more done and have more fun, with the help of intelligent bots and digital personal assistants. We envision a world Http //Support.Microsoft.Com/Help  where digital experiences mirror the way people interact with one another today. A world where language will become the new user interface Support.Microsoft.Com/Help, bots are the  Microsoft Customer Service new apps, digital assistants Microsoft Support Phone Number are like meta apps or browsers, and intelligence will be infused throughout all interactions.

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Today’s news builds on a steady stream of momentum toward our CaaP vision. While it’s only been a few months, we’ve worked  Microsoft Support Phone Number closely with many different partners and developers to help advance the realities   Microsoft Customer Service of conversational computing. At //build, we  and released the Microsoft Bot Framework Microsoft Support Phone Number, which makes it easier for developers – programming in  Http //Support.Microsoft.Com/Help any language – to build, connect, manage and publish  intelligent bots that interact naturally wherever your users are talking – from text/SMS to Skype, Slack, Facebook Messenger, Kik, Office 365 mail and other popular services. More than 30,000 developers are already building bots with the Microsoft Bot Framework. We also expanded Microsoft Cognitive Support.Microsoft.Com/Help Services, a collection of 23 intelligence APIs that allows systems to see, hear, speak, understand and interpret our needs using natural methods of

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In June, we  to accelerate our Support.Microsoft.Com/Help efforts in conversational intelligence and hosted our Palo Alto office where participants worked to create bots that did Http //Support.Microsoft.Com/Help  everything from  Microsoft Support Phone Number helping you choose dinner, finding the perfect  Microsoft Customer Service song to fit your mood Microsoft Support Phone Number, and even buying the right health insurance. In less than two days, dozens of bots were developed.

In July, we announced to the bot framework tools, including group functionality for bots, to make your chats even more helpful. And we just wrapped up  Support.Microsoft.Com/Help our first ever BotHack Hackathon as part of our OneWeek company event where 145 teams internally participated in developing bots. It’s impressive to see what is becoming a healthy ecosystem Http //Support.Microsoft.Com/Help  form in  Microsoft Support Phone Number such a short timeframe and we couldn’t be more excited  Microsoft Customer Service at the initial response Microsoft Support Phone Number to the potential of the Microsoft Bot Framework.