any limitation to develop PVA in Teams app with Bot composer ?

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Posted on 11 Sep 2023 09:35:37 by ryanpurple

license i have are "Power Virtual Agents Viral Trial" and "Power Virtual Agents for Office 365".

I just saw some information from link, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-virtual-agents/advanced-bot-framework-composer-example1, it mention that below.

Composer integration isn't available to users who only have the Teams Power Virtual Agents license. You must have a trial or full Power Virtual Agents license.

But i still wonder, if i develop PVA in Teams app with bot composer, not in PVA web client, is there any limitation ?

still have time-limited issue for Power Virtual Agents because i just have Power Virtual Agents Viral Trial license ?

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Pstork1 66,069 Most Valuable Professional on 14 Sep 2023 at 13:02:46

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Re: any limitation to develop PVA in Teams app with Bot composer ?

You can deploy a bot created with the regular PVA web designer to Teams, but that bot won't be covered by the Teams license. So yes, I suspect your trial hasn't expired yet. Or you renewed it. PVA trials can be renewed after 30 days.
ryanpurple 10 on 14 Sep 2023 at 08:19:20

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Re: any limitation to develop PVA in Teams app with Bot composer ?

Very thanks for all your comment.

but everything seems work well for my Test-2, using bot composer for my bot in Teams, so I just wonder why ?
maybe my trial license not expired yet ?
HenryJammes on 14 Sep 2023 at 07:31:23

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Re: any limitation to develop PVA in Teams app with Bot composer ?

Correct, extending a PVA bot with Bot Framework Composer dialogs, for example to send adaptive cards, requires a Power Virtual Agents subscription. So, it’s not covered by select Office 365 / Microsoft 365 plans with PVA for Teams.

This is documented here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-virtual-agents/requirements-licensing-subscriptions#power-virtual-agents-for-microsoft-teams-plan

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Pstork1 66,069 Most Valuable Professional on 13 Sep 2023 at 14:13:21

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Re: any limitation to develop PVA in Teams app with Bot composer ?

Given the tests you've described you are not developing the bot in the PVA client inside Teams. So I wouldn't expect the bot to be covered by the Teams license just because you only deploy it to Teams.
ryanpurple 10 on 13 Sep 2023 at 03:09:29

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Re: any limitation to develop PVA in Teams app with Bot composer ?

Very Thanks your comment. I think i should described more and clarify my question 🙂

My target is only to develope one chatbot only using in Teams.

(Test-1) Develop in the unified authoring canvas

In the beginning, i created the chatbot from PVA website "https://web.powerva.microsoft.com/", and developed in the unified authoring canvas

After couple of weeks, i definitely enconterd the issue trial expiration, i saw notification when i logined https://web.powerva.microsoft.com/
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-virtual-agents/media/sign-up-individual/trial_expiration_notification.jpg

(Test-2) Develop with bot composer for classic chatbot

After that, instead of creating new chatbot form https://powervirtualagents.microsoft.com/, I turned to other way. I logged in https://teams.microsoft.com/, then found the app "Power virutal agent" to create the classic Chatbot.

I followed the below guide to use bot framwork composer framwork in my pc, created one adaptive cards then published to my chatbot.
Example 1 - Show an Adaptive Card in Power Virtual Agents
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-virtual-agents/advanced-bot-framework-composer-example1

But when i learned more about bot composer, I just saw some information from link, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-virtual-agents/advanced-bot-framework-composer-example1, it mention that below.
Composer integration isn't available to users who only have the Teams Power Virtual Agents license. You must have a trial or full Power Virtual Agents license.

So my question is, the licence i have are "Power Virtual Agents Viral Trial" and "Power Virtual Agents for Office 365", is there also time-limited for bot composer in "Test-2" development environment ?
Pstork1 66,069 Most Valuable Professional on 11 Sep 2023 at 13:03:07

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Re: any limitation to develop PVA in Teams app with Bot composer ?

You can't use Bot Composer if you are using the PVA app inside Teams to develop the bot. That is the limitation. You can develop a bot in the regular PVA web client and deploy it to Teams and use the bot Composer. But that will require a regular PVA license or trial.