Microsoft Skype for Business 2015¶

The following steps give you an overview of the steps required to create a bot account for Microsoft Skype for Business 2015. Since there are various configuration options for creating new users for Microsoft Skype for Business 2015, the most frequently used way is described as follows.

Brief overview: The installation takes place in two steps:

1. Create new user account in Microsoft Skype for Business 2015
2. Create a new bot account on the Business Bot Platform

Step 1: Create new user account in Microsoft Skype for Business 2015¶

This section assumes that an installed Microsoft Skype for Business 2015 environment with Active Directory exists. The following servers are required:

• SFBAD - Hostname sfbad.vs.com (Microsoft Skype for Business - Active Directory-Server)
• SFBFE - Hostname sfbfe.vs.com (Microsoft Skype for Business - Frontend-Server)

On the Microsoft Skype for Business Active Directory server, start the Server Manager and select Tools → Active Directory Users and Computer. Now create a new Active Directory user (for example, user John Doe) with following settings:

Add missing information such as the user's e-mail address (tab: General → field E-mail) required when logging in to the server using the Skype for Business Client. The newly created user now appears in the list of users.

Go to the Microsoft Skype for Business front-end server to register the newly created Active Directory user as a Skype user. To do this, start Skype for Business Server 2015 Control Panel via Start → Programs.

Now select from the nagivation bar Users → Enable users → Add... and look for the newly created user John Doe.

Now select user John Doe and click on OK. In the field Assign user to a pool, choose the pool to which the user should belong and the type of authentication (Use the following format: <SAMAccountName>@vs.com), subsequently confirm the values by clicking on Enable.

The SIP address of the user (john@vs.com - without SIP suffix) and the password are now required in the next step to create a new bot account on the Business Bot Platform.

Step 2: Create a new bot account on the Business Bot Platform¶

1. Login to the Business Bot Platform:

   • PublicCloud users use the URL: https://my.bbp.local/
   • PrivateCloud users use the URL: https://mysuffix.bbp.local/

2. Choose Chatbot Administration → Instant Messenger Accounts → Create Bot Account. The following data is required to create the bot account:

   Field	Example value
   Name:	MySFBBotKonto
   Description:	BotKonto for department Z
   Instant Messenger:	Skype for Business

3. The bot account has been created and must still be configured with the instant messenger account information. To do this, click on the icon Settings and modify the following parameters:

   Required Fields	Description	Example value
   SkypeForBusiness.Discovery.Host	Discovery Host	lyncdiscover.vs.com
   SkypeForBusiness.Discovery.Url	Discovery URL	https://lyncdiscover.vs.com/
   SkypeForBusiness.UserAgent	User Agent	BBP Client For UCWA
   SkypeForBusiness.OperationId	Operation Identifier	74cb7404e0a247d5a2d4eb0376a47dbf
   SkypeForBusiness.Ext.Pool.Host	External Pool Host	sfbfe.vs.com
   SkypeForBusiness.Ext.Pool.Url	External Pool URL	https://sfbfe.vs.com
   SkypeForBusiness.X.MS.Origin.Header	BBP Application URL	http://dev.vs.de:90
   SkypeForBusiness.Authentication.User	E-Mail address for authentication	john@vs.com
   SkypeForBusiness.Authentication.Password	Password for authentication	Password1
   SkypeForBusiness.Authenticated.XFrameUrl	Cross-domain frame used for web-based applications	https://lyncweb.vs.com/Autodiscover/XFrame/XFrame

The user account for the bot is now configured and will be used later when creating a bot for Microsoft Skype for Business.