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Posted on 12 Dec 2019 10:13:37 by 11

Hi, for most of the bots we build we really need the ability to send pro-active/welcome messages. It looks like this is currently no possible. Can you please build this ASAP and give a rough indication of when it will be available? I think almost every bot will need to be able to do this.

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  • DLW-at-H Profile Picture
    on 28 May 2024 at 00:20:52
    Re: Pro-active messages

    Note that in Teams, by auto-triggered, what is intended here is "when the user types 'hi'".

  • DLW-at-H Profile Picture
    on 28 May 2024 at 00:10:44
    Re: Pro-active messages

    For those coming later and confused by this response, the op's request isn't possible in Teams. It is trivial to get the bot to respond to a user's "hi" with whatever you want whenever you want. Getting the bot to greet the user when they first go to the bot chat in Teams and before the user types anything (op's question) is not possible. Unclear if this kind of proactive messaging is still on the roadmap in 2024. 

  • micchow Profile Picture
    on 07 Jun 2021 at 16:04:25
    Re: Pro-active messages

    @Avalaxy , to add a bit more to Diganta's response.  We already support sending auto greeting message in Microsoft Teams.  For website, it could be done via custom canvas via documentation here:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-virtual-agents/configure-bot-greeting

     

    The ability to send proactive message that are not greeting in Microsoft Teams is on our roadmap as Diganta responded.  

  • Diganta Profile Picture
    on 07 Jun 2021 at 14:12:55
    Re: Pro-active messages

    Thank you for reaching out. Sending pro-active messages in Teams is on our roadmap, but we don't have an ETA yet. CC: @micchow.

  • dsutradhar Profile Picture
    8 on 27 May 2021 at 04:41:11
    Re: Pro-active messages

    Hi @Diganta,

     

    Is this feature implemented yet.. where the bot starts the conversation without the user having to even open the chat window on Teams?

     

    Thanks in advance.

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    on 24 Jun 2020 at 05:34:17
    Re: Pro-active messages

    @DigantaCan you provide any solution or alternative here?

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    on 20 Jun 2020 at 06:19:23
    Re: Pro-active messages

    Is there any way to send Pro-active messages in Teams at 9:00 AM everyday

  • Diganta Profile Picture
    on 10 Mar 2020 at 04:11:15
    Re: Pro-active messages

    We are working on a blog called "Make your bot start the conversation using custom Web Chat" which will come out soon. Stay tuned!

  • kvbr Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on 20 Dec 2019 at 21:35:15
    Re: Pro-active messages

    In case of Facebook messenger, to proactively trigger messages, you send the desired topic trigger phase in the pay load of Get Started.

     

    For example to trigger default Greeting topic:

    curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
     "get_started": {"payload": "Hello"}
    }' "https://graph.facebook.com/v2.6/me/messenger_profile?access_token=<PAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

      
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    You can find more details here.

     

     

  • Avalaxy Profile Picture
    11 on 18 Dec 2019 at 13:01:51
    Re: Pro-active messages

    Thanks! Can you please also share how to do this on Facebook Messenger?

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