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sample	This sample shows a feature where user can schedule a task from messaging extension action and get a reminder card at a scheduled time.	office-teams office office-365	csharp	contentType createdDate samples 24-11-2021 14:00:25	officedev-microsoft-teams-samples-msgext-message-reminder-csharp

Message reminder with messaging extension action

This sample shows a feature where user can schedule a task from messaging extension action and get a reminder card at a scheduled time.

Prerequisites

• .NET Core SDK version 3.1

  determine dotnet version

  dotnet --version

• Ngrok (For local environment testing) Latest (any other tunneling software can also be used)

  run ngrok locally

  ngrok http -host-header=localhost 3978

• Teams Microsoft Teams is installed and you have an account

To try this sample

1. Setup for Bot In Azure portal, create a Azure Bot resource.

   • Ensure that you've enabled the Teams Channel

2. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/OfficeDev/Microsoft-Teams-Samples.git

3. Launch Visual Studio

   • File -> Open -> Project/Solution
   • Navigate to folder where repository is cloned then samples/msgext-message-reminder/csharp/MessagingExtensionReminder.sln

4. Run ngrok - point to port 3978

   # ngrok http -host-header=rewrite 3978

5. Setup and run the bot from Visual Studio: Modify the appsettings.json and fill in the following details:

   • {{Microsoft-App-Id}} - Generated from Step 1 is the application app id
   • {{ Microsoft-App-Password}} - Generated from Step 1, also referred to as Client secret
   • {{ Application Base Url }} - Your application's base url. E.g. https://12345.ngrok.io if you are using ngrok.
   • Press F5 to run the project

6. Modify the manifest.json in the /AppPackage folder and replace the following details:

   • {{Microsoft-App-Id}} with Application id generated from Step 1
   • {{domain-name}} with base Url domain. E.g. if you are using ngrok it would be https://1234.ngrok.io then your domain-name will be 1234.ngrok.io.

7. Zip the contents of AppPackage folder into a manifest.zip, and use the manifest.zip to deploy in app store or add to Teams using step 8.

8. Upload the manifest.zip to Teams (in the Apps view click "Upload a custom app")

   • Go to Microsoft Teams and then go to side panel, select Apps
   • Choose Upload a custom App
   • Go to your project directory, the ./AppPackage folder, select the zip folder, and choose Open.
   • Select Add in the pop-up dialog box. Your app is uploaded to Teams.

Features of this sample

Personal scope scenario

• Select ... over message to get action create-reminder for scheduling task.

• Task module to add task details.

• Reminder card of task at scheduled date and time.

Team scope scenario

• Select ... over message to get action create-reminder for scheduling task.

• Task module to add task details.

• Reminder card of task at scheduled date and time.

Deploy the bot to Azure

To learn more about deploying a bot to Azure, see Deploy your bot to Azure for a complete list of deployment instructions.

Further reading

• Bot Framework Documentation
• Bot Basics
• Activity processing
• Azure Bot Service Introduction
• Azure Bot Service Documentation
• .NET Core CLI tools
• Azure CLI
• Azure Portal
• Language Understanding using LUIS
• Channels and Bot Connector Service