How do I connect Power Virtual Agent to Bot Framework Composer? - power-virtual-agents

I'm trying to use an Adaptive Card I created with Power Virtual Agent via Power Automate. According to the following Microsoft article, I should be able to just click a button on the Topics section of the Power Virtual Agents dashboard, and it'll pop open the Bot Framework Composer, but I don't see this button.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-virtual-agents/advanced-bot-framework-composer#troubleshooting
I have installed the Composer, Emulator, and upgraded .Net in preparation. I've tried multiple browsers to see if, by some slim chance, that was the issue. No luck. According to the Power Virtual Agents blog, this feature became a publicly available preview 11/16/2020.
Am I missing something in the settings or installation that would allow me to connect the two?

Do you have a MS Teams integrated license or a full license or trial? Based on the documentation, a full license is required to access this capability.
Bot Framework Composer integration is not available to users who only have the Teams Power Virtual Agents license. You must have a trial or full Power Virtual Agents license.
There was an issue in January 2021 where the button is not showing up for certain users even though they had a full license. This was resolves on January 21st.

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Is it possible to create a vmware vRealize dev instalation?

My company create an IPAM solution, and one of our clients asked us to develop a vRO workflow to provision IPs through vRealize Automation. I'm searching online on how to set a development environment, and all the resources I saw state that you need a vRO installation to develop the plugin itself, it is not enough to have VSC with the vRealize Dev Tools installed. I tried searching for an SDK or just a small vRO installation to use for dev, but only thing I saw on the vmware website was the hands-on lab or the 60 days trial of vSphere, whose links no longer work at all.
Do I need to buy a vRealize Orchestrator license just to develop the plugin?
Thanks for the help
Yes, you have to procure the vRA license to develop the Workflow in vRO; or, you can reach out to vmware: if they agree to your team being a partner, then you will get NOT FOR SALE/Trial license for vRA.
You don't need vRealize Orchestrator license to develop a vRO plugin.
vRO plugin is not the same thing as vRO workflow.
vRO plugin:
vRO workflow:
What you mentioned can be done using vRealize Automation REST API.

Modern.ie Virtual Machine : Purchasing perpetual/subscription for Virtual machines

The T&C for the Modern.ie Virtual machine licence states
TIME-SENSITIVE SOFTWARE. You may use the software for 90 days after it is downloaded to the
licensed computer. The software will stop running after 90 days and you may not receive any other
notice. You may not be able to access data used with the software when it stops running.
We would like to perform cross-browser testing and we find modern.ie more reliable. Is there a way to purchase licence legally? I checked the T & C page and StackOverflow site and there is no reference or contact info on how to purchase perpetual/subscription licence.
Since many of our clients are using older versions of IE and forcing them to use Edge may not be an option, can Microsoft advice how to purchase legal perpetual/subscription based licences. Per policy, Our company cannot allow to extend trial-versions in our desktop.
Any pointers would be helpful.
Any legal key for windows that is still valid should work.

KnowledgeLake setup for MFP

I got following from web but dont know how to set up the network printer/scanner/fax/copier (using Ricoh Afico MP 6001) for KnowledgeLake. The capture server has been setup. \srvcapture\cache
Capture for MFP
Create batches from multifunction peripherals, fax servers or any
other interface.
Enable any capture device to integrate with SharePoint
Batch import documents from multi-function devices
Watch network directories for new documents
Distribute MFPs for decentralized scanning
Support for custom Process Activities
Enable off-hours batch processing by scheduling imports
The particular information you are looking for can be found in the KnowledgeLake Capture and Capture Server documentation provided on the KnowledgeLake Support Portal at http://support.knowledgelake.com.
KnowledgeLake also has a Professional Services team that specializes in assisting in the implementation and setup of these products in customer environments.
The KnowledgeLake Technical Support team would also be more than happy to assist with any questions you may have if you put in a support ticket. This option is also available through the support portal at http://support.knowledgelake.com.
If you currently do not have an account with access to the KnowledgeLake Support Portal, you can select the "Request a New Account" button at the bottom of the previous referenced link.

Online product demo environment for Windows applications

I'm looking for a way to allow potential customers to try my application before they buy it.
The product is a windows forms application that requires an SQL Server database to operate.
Although I have a functional demo that the customer can install on their network, I want to make it easier for them by have them "play" with it at my environment.
I remember Microsoft had (has?) something similar. I was testing Visual Studio a few years ago in a virtual environment where I was connecting to a server at Microsoft.
They setup the environment this way so when a user logs off after using it rollback his actions. Or to explain it better: when a user logins it starts with a new, clean environment.
So any projects I've created testing Visual Studio were lost after I logged off.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Some solutions that come to mind:
Provide remote access
You could provide access to a running instance of your application via some sort of remote connection protocol, e.g. via RDP or via VNC.
For example, there is a Java VNC client which can run as a Java applet; you could put that on a webpage and have it connect to a VNC session you host on your servers.
Or use Windows Terminal Server, and allow connection via RDP.
Both solutions of course have the drawback that people need to open the appropriate ports, if they are behind a firewall. There might be ways around that, however (e.g. you can run VNC over HTTP).
VM image
A completely different solution: Provide a ready-to-run VM image (for VMWare, VirtualBox or similar) of your application, including server and everything. You would need a demo version of your app though, plus getting redistribution rights for all the proprietary components (Windows OS, SQL server) might get hairy.
Offer videos
Often people do not really need to actually use the app; they are mainly interested to see how it works. So maybe it is enough to host videos of the app in operation. That allows you to put in some advertising for your features, and lets you show the users what they might miss when testing on their own.

MSDN License (Development, Testing, Demo)

I have a question about my MSDN Premium Subscription. This is what I want to setup:
Install Windows Server 2008 (maybe R2) on a Dev Box
Install System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (maybe R2) on the server.
Create several VMs hosted on the server (and maybe some other machines).
I would then use the VMs to Develop, Test and Demo my software (Nothing else)
My question is, on which of these can I use the licenses downloaded from my Subscription? I think #3 is clearly in the scope of the Subscription, but is the Server OS License? Is the Virtual Machine Manager?
Any opinions would be welcome. Any facts (with supporting links or docs) would be very appreciated.
From the main MSDN subscription page you can access the subscription information. The following was copied from that page. "Software Use Rights"
MSDN subscriptions are licensed on a per-user basis. One person can use the software to design, develop, test, or demonstrate his or her programs on any number of devices. Each person who uses the software this way needs a license.
According to this wikipedia article: MSDN
You can use your license to test and develop, but for production level code, you will need a different license.
In these kind of cases, if in doubt, I would give Microsoft a call. They should be able to give you a definite answer.
But as far as the license goes, it doesn't look like a problem and my best guess is that you actually can install the host OS, with SCVMM and everything else, as long as you are using that server purely for software development. IANAL, so if you want to have a definite answer: Call Microsoft.
In addition to Kim Major's answer, because of the per-user limitation (e.g. everyone working to a development SQL Server needs an MSDN license) it might be worth looking into an Microsoft Action Pack Subscription through the Partner Network. There are some very specific eligibility requirements but for small dev shops that are developing solutions with Microsoft products it is really useful. As you grow as an organisation you'd move towards Silver then Gold certification.
The basic premise is that Microsoft offer great value subscriptions to developers and get their pay out when your client pays for the production licenses to deploy your solution.
Once again, check the eligibility to be certain you qualify. There is a lot of misunderstanding around this offering.