Register a bot with Azure

APPLIES TO: SDK v4

If you don't currently host your bot in Azure, you can still make it available in Azure and use Azure to connect your bot to channels. To do so, enter in Azure the web address where your bot is hosted.

This article shows how to register such a bot with Azure AI Bot Service.

Your bot identity can be managed in Azure in a few different ways.

• As a user-assigned managed identity, so that you don't need to manage the bot's credentials yourself.
• As a single-tenant app.
• As a multi-tenant app.

Support for the user-assigned managed identity and single-tenant app types was added to the Bot Framework SDK for C#, JavaScript, and Python. These app types aren't supported in the other languages or in Bot Framework Composer, Bot Framework Emulator, or Dev Tunnels.

App type	Support
User-assigned managed identity	Azure AI Bot Service and the C#, JavaScript, and Python SDKs
Single-tenant	Azure AI Bot Service and the C#, JavaScript, and Python SDKs
Multi-tenant	Azure AI Bot Service, all Bot Framework SDK languages, Composer, the Emulator, and Dev Tunnels

This article doesn't describe how to create or deploy the bot to register. For more information, see:

• The Create a bot quickstart
• The Deploy a basic bot tutorial

Create the resource

Create the Azure Bot resource, which will allow you to register your bot with the Azure AI Bot Service.

1. Go to the Azure portal.

2. In the right pane, select Create a resource.

3. In the search box enter bot, then press Enter.

4. Select the Azure Bot card.

   

5. Select Create.

6. Enter values in the required fields and review and update settings.

   1. Provide information under Project details. Select whether your bot will have global or local data residency. For more information, see Regionalization in Azure AI Bot Service.

      

   2. Provide information under Microsoft App ID. Select how your bot identity will be managed in Azure and whether to create a new identity or use an existing one.

      

7. Select Review + create.

8. If the validation passes, select Create.

9. Once the deployment completes, select Go to resource. You should see the bot and related resources listed in the resource group you selected.

10. If you don't already have the Bot Framework SDK, select Download from GitHub to learn how to consume the packages for your preferred language.

    

You're now ready to build your bot with the Bot Framework SDK.

Bot identity information

Follow these steps to add identity information to your bot's configuration file. The file differs depending on the programming language you use to create the bot.

Language	File name	Notes
C#	appsettings.json	Supports all three application types for managing your bot's identity.
JavaScript	.env	Supports all three application types for managing your bot's identity.
Java	application.properties	Only supports multi-tenant bots.
Python	config.py	Supports all three application types for managing your bot's identity.

The identity information you need to add depends on the bot's application type. Provide the following values in your configuration file.

To update your app service

If you have an existing App Service resource (web app) for your bot and your bot is a user-assigned managed identity application, you may need to update your bot's app service:

1. Go to the App Service blade for your bot's web app.
2. Under Settings, select Identity.
3. On the Identity blade, select the User assigned tab and Add (+).
4. On the Add user assigned managed identity blade:

   1. Select your subscription.

   2. For User assigned managed identities, select the managed identity for your bot. If the managed identity was auto-generated for you, it will have the same name as your bot.

   3. Select Add to use this identity for your bot.

      

To get your app or tenant ID

To get your bot's app or tenant ID:

1. Go to the Azure Bot resource blade for your bot.
2. Go to the bot's Configuration blade. From this blade, you can copy the bot's Microsoft App ID or App Tenant ID.

To generate a new password

Single-tenant and multi-tenant bots have an app secret or password that you need for some operations. Azure AI Bot Service hides your bot secret. However, the owner of the bot's App Service resource can generate a new password:

1. Go to the Azure Bot resource blade for your bot.
2. Go to the bot's Configuration blade.
3. Select Manage, next to Microsoft App ID, to go to the Certificates + secrets blade for the app service.
4. Follow the instructions on the blade to create a new client secret and record the value in a safe place.

Manual app registration

A manual registration is necessary when:

• You're unable to make the registrations in your organization and need another party to create the App ID for the bot you're building.
• You need to manually create your own app ID and password.

Update the bot

To update your bot's configuration file to include its app ID and password, see Application ID and password in how to Configure bot registration settings.

Additional information

See these articles for more information about Azure applications in general.

Subject	Article
App registration	Quickstart: Register an application with the Microsoft identity platform
Managed identities	What are managed identities for Azure resources?
Single-tenant and multi-tenant apps	Tenancy in Microsoft Entra ID

Next steps