Power Virtual Agents New Features

Hey Everyone,

Power Virtual Agents new advanced authoring canvas is currently in public preview! In this video I'll demonstrate what these new features are. We first take a look at the overall new design changes, then we look at the enhancements in the messages and controls focusing on the basic and adaptive cards. I then switch gears and show you the Power Fx functions available. I finally end with topic management and the unified canvas design.

Table of contents

Introduction 0:00

New Design Changes 1:17

Enhanced Messages & Questions 08:39

• Add an image in a message10:09
  • Add a video in a question 11:55
  • Add a basic card 12:45
  • Add an adaptive card 14:47

Power Fx

• Power Fx set variable 17:10
  • Power Fx condition 21:03

Topic Management 27:44

Unified canvas design 30:05

Conclusion 31:13

Helpful Links

Now in Public Preview: Power Virtual Agents’ new advanced authoring canvas

Power Virtual Agents now unifies the sophistication of Microsoft Azure Bot Framework Composer’s pro-code capabilities with the simplicity of Power Virtual Agents’ low-code platform—making it even easier for professional developers and subject matter experts to collaboratively build a bot in one unified Microsoft bot building studio.

https://powervirtualagents.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/now-in-public-preview-power-virtual-agents-new-advanced-authoring-canvas/

What’s new: The evolution of Power Virtual Agents

Power Virtual Agents’ new intelligent bot authoring experience now unifies the sophistication of Microsoft Azure Bot Framework Composer’s pro-code capabilities with the simplicity of Power Virtual Agents

https://powervirtualagents.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/whats-new-the-evolution-of-power-virtual-agents/

Adaptivecards Samples and Templates

These samples are just a teaser of the type of cards you can create. Go ahead and tweak them to make any scenario possible!

https://adaptivecards.io/samples/ExpenseReportWithLabels.html