{"id":3033,"date":"2020-02-06T10:02:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T18:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-copilot\/blog\/copilot-studio\/best-practices-when-planning-to-use-chat-bots\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T05:43:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T12:43:33","slug":"best-practices-when-planning-to-use-chat-bots","status":"publish","type":"copilot","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-copilot\/blog\/copilot-studio\/best-practices-when-planning-to-use-chat-bots\/","title":{"rendered":"Best practices when planning to use chat bots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Using best practices when onboarding a chat bot is critical for the long-term success of your bot. In this blog, I\u2019m going to cover some key processes you should consider adopting. These are based on our own learnings from onboarding enterprise customers to chat bots using the Power Virtual Agents.<\/p>\n

Align the bot with your organization\u2019s goals<\/h2>\n

The first step in onboarding is to align on business goals; in other words, why your organization needs a chat bot.
\nIt is very important that everyone on the project be clear about what you are and aren\u2019t trying to achieve through the bot, and why.
\nSome of the reasons for the \u201cwhy\u201d we have heard include:<\/p>\n