Amazon Lex - Microsoft Teams integration.
NOTE: I'm no longer actively working on this. The below was used just to test the integration.
This project contains source code for integration Amazon Lex with Microsoft Teams using
AWS Lambda. To deploy this project, you already need to have:
- AWS Account
- Lex bot
- o365 subscription that includes MS Teams
- Azure AD
Step 1: Get Tenant ID
Find tenant ID through the Azure portal
- Sign in to the Azure portal.
- Select Azure Active Directory.
- Select Properties.
- Then, scroll down to the Tenant ID field. Your tenant ID will be in the box.
Step 2: Get MSAppID and MSAppClientSecret from Azure portal
- Open the App registrations in your Azure portal
- Click + New registration
- Name: (name)
- For Supported account types - Who can use this application or access this API?
- Accounts in any organizational directory (Any Azure AD directory - Multitenant)
- Click Register
- Select Manifest, and note the appId value for a future configuration step.
- Select API permissions, Add a permission, select the Microsoft Graph category, Application permissions, and add
User.Read.All**.
- Select 'Add permissions'.
- This permission allows the app to read data in your organization's directory about the signed in user.
- Under API permissions, remove the permission
User.Read (Delegated).
- Select Certificates & secrets, and click New client secret
- Enter a Description such as
(name)-client-secret and select Never for Expires.
- Click Add, and then note the Value for a future configuration step.
- Select Owners, and add any additional owners for the application.
Step 3: Deploy Lambda function
Deploy the SAM template using SAM CLI to get started. You can do so as follows:
sam build --use-container --cached
sam deploy --guided
You'll be asked for the following parameters:
| Variable |
Default Value |
Usage |
| LexBotName |
chatops |
Name of the Lex bot to integrate with |
| LexBotAlias |
dev |
Alias for the Lex bot to integrate with |
| MSAppId |
xxx |
Step 2 |
| MSAppClientSecret |
xxx |
Step 2 |
| MSTenantID |
xxx |
Step 1 |
When the deployment is finished you will receive a API Gateway endpoint URL for LexAdapter. Note this url, you need
it in Step 4.
Step 4: Register the app with the Microsoft Bot Framework
- Navigate to Microsoft botframework portal
- Set a Display name
- Set a Bot handle
- Long description: Self-service bot to help developers and support staff streamline operations
- Messaging endpoint: You got this from Step 3.
- Do NOT select Enable Streaming Endpoint
- For Paste your app ID below to continue, paste the appId value from Step 2 above.
- Leave the other values as is, agree to the terms, and click Register.
- On the Channels page, click the Microsoft Teams icon under Add a featured channel
- Select Microsoft Teams Commercial (most common) and click Save.
- Agree to the Terms of Service and click Agree
Step 5: Add bot to Microsoft Teams
- Go to Microsoft Teams
- Under Apps select App Studio
- In the top menu, select Manifest editor
- Click Create a new app
- Enter a Short name and Full name
- App ID: click Generate to get an App ID for this bot (this is different from the AppID from Step 3)
- Package name:
vcc
- Version:
1.0.0
- Short description: Self-service bot to help developers and support staff streamline operations
- Full description: This bot allows users to obtain information about cloud accounts connections and configurations, find answers to common questions about their cloud environment, and troubleshoot access and user ID issues.
- Developer Name:
<your company name>
- Website: https://www.yourdomain.com/en.html
- Privacy statement: https://www.yourdomain.com/en/privacy-statement.html
- Terms of use: https://www.yourdomain.com/en/terms-of-use.html
- Branding: upload appropriate images
- Under Capabilities, click Bots
- Click Set Up
- Select Existing bot
- For Bot ID, enter MS App ID from Step 2
- Under Scope, select Personal, Team, and Group Chat
- Click Save
- Note: under Domains and permissions, we not need to specify Resource Specific Consent
- Under Finish, select Test and Distribute
- Select Download. This will create a deployment package (name).zip.
- On the Microsoft Teams left hand navigation bar, select Apps
- Select Upload a custom app
- Select Upload for
<your Teams organization>
- Choose the
.zip deployment package you've just downloaded. This will add the app to Teams.
- Click the card for your new app.
- Click Add.
- Test your bot in Microsoft Teams.
All done!