Start a Private Conversation

This action allows you to engage AtBot with a user from a Flow that was not triggered by AtBot. The user you start the conversation with must have a private chat with AtBot in Teams already.


Fields

Conversation Text
This is the text that greets the user when the conversation is started.
User
Specify the UPN (login name) of the user you wish to start a conversation with

Advanced Options

By default, start a conversation will start conversations with users in the AtBot bot. If you have Enterprise Bots, you can optionally select which custom bot to use for the action.
Target Bot
The bot to use so start the conversation with the user

Returned Properties

Message Id
The Id of the message that was sent. Not a usable value at this time
Reply Activity
This is a special scope property that must be used in any subsequent actions to maintain the bot conversation