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Bot Channel Registration Cortana MSA

After creating a bot, I also wanted to publish the bot as skill to cortana.

When trying to go into the Azure Portal and setting up a Bot Channel Registration accordingly I got the info, that this is not possible via an account connected to Azure Active Directory: Cortana only support via MSA

I set up a private Microsoft Account (outlook.com) and created a trial subscription in Azure. Unfortunately when I set up a Bot Channel Registration there Cortana is not avaible as channel to add: Cortana not available

Solution

  • Unfortunately, Cortana is being scaled back by the Cortana Team. High-level points of interest are:

    • Consumer-facing Cortana services have been deprecated by the Cortana team. This means it is no longer possible to create a new bot and set it up to use the Cortana channel.
    • On September 7th, all consumer-facing Cortana services will be shut off. This means existing bots will no longer work with Cortana.
    • After September 7th, Cortana will only be a Windows and Enterprise-level product and will only work with AAD.

    You can read more about the shift in service availability here.