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Began accidentally deleting Bot Framework Account


So, I clicked the Account page on my developer account from the dev.botframework.com dashboard, and that page is apparently the delete account action? I thought it was just wanting me to confirm my email and then I read it after submitting and tried to stop it, but when I log out and back in the bots are missing from that dashboard, but my apps are still listed https://apps.dev.microsoft.com/#/appList and are still running in Azure. Is there any ability to recover the missing bots linking to Azure or what should I do? Everything looks to still be working - is that dashboard even required?


Solution

  • The Bot Framework Portal was created way back in the preview version of the Bot Framework, as a way to develop and manage bots. As of Dec 2017, bot are created and managed in the Azure Portal (which makes since, as the bots run in Azure). MOST bots were required to migrate to Azure (there are a few that do not require it, but heavily hint you should). Additionally, any bots created after Dec 2017 were automatically created in Azure anyway.

    That being said, all the functionality of the Bot Framework Developer Portal is maintained on Azure. Adding channels, changing the endpoint, adding admin, etc, can be done in the settings of the Azure Bot resource. If your bots can be found in the Azure Portal, and are still listed in Apps.Dev.Microsoft.Com, then you're good to go, even if you accidentally delete your Bot Framework Developer Portal.