Configuring your bot with Slack

In this example, we will show you how to configure your bot to Slack. All channels in Microsoft Bot Framework require you to bring your own account model, so you can sign up each of these services on your own. You take your username and password for them and give them to the Bot Framework, which stores them in encrypted format, but it allows us to communicate on behalf of your bot. What this means is that if you already have an account for your bots, you can just bring it in, and you don't have to register a new one. Later on, if you want to take control of that account again, it's yours and you just have to deal with authorizing from the Bot Framework developer portal. Let's get the process started:

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