Tutorial: Create (csharp)

Provision your Azure resources

The Skill Template requires the following Azure dependencies to run correctly:

• Azure Web App
• Azure Storage Account (Transcripts)
• Azure Application Insights (Telemetry)
• Azure CosmosDb (State)
• Language Understanding

Review the pricing and terms for the services and adjust to suit your scenario.

To deploy your Skill using the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template provided in the project template, follow these steps:

1. Open PowerShell Core (pwsh.exe)
2. Change to the project directory of your skill.
3. Run the following command to login to Azure:

    az login 

4. If you have multiple subscriptions on your Azure account, change the active subscription to the subscription you wish to deploy your Azure resources to.

5. Run the following command to deploy your Azure resources using the default settings:

    ./Deployment/Scripts/deploy.ps1 

   Parameter	Description	Required?
   name	The name for your Azure resources.	Yes
   resourceGroup	The name for your Azure resource group. Default value is the name parameter.	No
   location	The region for your Azure resource group and resources.	Yes
   appId	The application Id for your Microsoft App Registration.	No
   appPassword	The password for your Microsoft App Registration. If appId is provided this should be the password for your existing Microsoft App Registration. Otherwise, a new registration will be created using this password.	Yes
   parametersFile	Optional configuration file for ARM Template deployment.	No
   createLuisAuthoring	Indicates whether a new LUIS authoring resource should be created. If false, luisAuthoringKey and luisEndpoint parameters must be provided.	Yes
   luisAuthoringKey	The authoring key for the LUIS portal. Must be valid key for luisAuthoringRegion	No
   luisAuthoringRegion	The region to deploy LUIS apps.	Yes
   armLuisAuthoringRegion	The region to deploy LUIS authoring resource in Azure (only required for Azure Gov deployments)	No
   luisEndpoint	The LUIS endpoint for deploying and managing LUIS applications. Required if createLuisAuthoring is set to false.	No
   useGov	Flag indicating if the deployment is targeting the Azure Government Cloud. Defaults to false.	No
   qnaEndpoint	Endpoint for deploying QnA Maker knowledge bases (only required for Azure Gov deployments. See note below for more information.).	No
   languages	Specifies which languages to deploy cognitive models in a comma separated string (e.g. “en-us,de-de,es-es”). Defaults to “en-us”.	No
   projDir	Location to save appsettings.json and cognitivemodels.json configuration files. Defaults to current directory.	No
   logFile	Log file for any errors that occur during script execution. Defaults to Deployment folder	No

You can find more detailed deployment steps including customization instructions in the Deployment Scripts reference.

For manual deployment steps, refer to the Deploy using CLI tools and Deploy using web tutorials.