Empowering Organizations with Power Virtual Agents: A practical guide to building intelligent chatbots with Microsoft Power Platform
About this eBook
Power Virtual Agents is a set of technologies released under the Power Platform umbrella by Microsoft. It allows non-developers to create solutions to automate customer interactions and provide services using a conversational interface, thus relieving the pressure on front-line staff providing this kind of support.
Empowering Organizations with Power Virtual Agents is a guide to building chatbots that can be deployed to handle front desk services without having to write code. The book takes a scenario-based approach to implementing bot services and automation to serve employees in the organization and external customers. You will uncover the features available in Power Virtual Agents for creating bots that can be integrated into an organization's public site as well as specific web pages. Next, you will understand how to build bots and integrate them within the Teams environment for internal users. As you progress, you will explore complete examples for implementing automated agents (bots) that can be deployed on sites for interacting with external customers.
By the end of this Power Virtual Agents chatbot book, you will have implemented several scenarios to serve external client requests for information, created scenarios to help internal users retrieve relevant information, and processed these in an automated conversational manner.
What you will learnGet to grips with Power Virtual Agents and understand the license requirement for using itDeploy bots on public websites or web pagesCreate conversational solutions for your organization using Microsoft TeamsExplore best practices for governance that are essential for implementing Power Virtual AgentsExplore different business scenarios for implementing Power Virtual AgentsUnderstand the integration between Power Virtual Agents and Microsoft Power PlatformWho this book is forThis book is for organization representatives looking to automate processes, relieve the first-contact workload of their front-line agents, and provide actionable results to employees and customers. Business professionals, citizen developers, and functional consultants will also find this book helpful. Familiarity with the Modern Workplace and the Dynamics 365 family of products will be useful. Beginner-level knowledge of Power Platform and its main modules will assist with understanding the concepts covered in the book more effectively.
About the author
Nicolae Tarla is an Independent Consultant focused on business transformation, enterprise architecture, and digital transformation. He has architected and implemented business solutions for over 15 years for private and public sectors, at both enterprise and SMB level. With a passion for CRM, he has touched multiple platforms during his career and continues to recommend the best business solutions for clients. He was awarded the Microsoft MVP for four consecutive years. He is actively involved with the leadership team for the local D365UG and participates in organizing the local D365 Saturday events. He continues to share his knowledge through his personal blog and other channels.
