Beta Release 0.5

What’s Changed

Templates

C#

• [VA Template] Updated to 4.5.1 and new streaming extensions (#1857)
• [VA Template] New Deployment Features (#1843)
• [VA Template] Assign luis subscription key automatically (#1693)
• [VA Template] Fix tests on non-Windows machines (#1881)
• [VA Template] change to enable speech by default (#1548)
• [VA Template] Remove hard-coded values in ARM template (#1897
• [Skill Template] Updated to SDK 4.5.1 (#1858)
• [Skill Template] New Deployment Features (#1844)
• [VA Template / Skill Template] dotnet new templates (VSCode) for Virtual Assistant and Skills (#1580)
• [VA Template / Skill Template] Updated to IBot Implementation across projects (#1792

TypeScript

• [Generator] Add eslintignore file (#1732)
• [Generator] Remove unused dependencies (#1707)
• [Generator] Update tests execution (#1451)
• [Generator] Fix the variable cases (#1651)
• [Generator] Fix ESLint Issues (#1607)
• [Generator] Implement Code Coverage (#1363)
• [Skill Template] Add manifestTemplate file (#1478)
• [Skill Template] Refactor test structure, run build after installation (#1450)
• [Virtual Assistant Template] Add Skill folder (#1825)
• [Virtual Assistant Template] Refactor test structure, run build after installation (#1446)
• [Virtual Assistant Template] Take first two letter from locales (#1424)
• [Virtual Assistant Template] Add new tests in Virtual-Assistant-Sample (#1417)
• [Virtual Assistant Template] Add tests & code-coverage for the template (#1371)
• [Virtual Assistant Template] Fix issue with the deployment script (#1359)
• [Skill Sample] Add manifest endpoint (#1511)
• [Virtual Assistant / Skill samples] Migrate from TSLint to ESLint (#1673)
• [Virtual Assistant / Skill samples] Remove unused dependencies (#1642)

Skills

• [Calendar Skill] Handle more actions after show meetings (#1635)
• [Calendar Skill] Updated Calendar deployment scripts (#1756)
• [Calendar Skill] Update LUIS model to v1.4.2 (#1601)
• [Email Skill] Update Email deployment scripts (#1744)
• [Email Skill] Update LUIS model to latest prebuild model (#1574)
• [To Do Skill] Fix To Do Skill input hints (#1876)
• [POI Skill] Use image with route (#1332) (#1733
• [POI Skill] Improve speech for POI (#1608)
• [POI Skill] Update POI deployment scripts (#1726)
• [POI Skill] Update with client-agnostic Adaptive Cards (#1557)
• [Automotive] Fix LU file reference in manifest (#1926)
• [Automotive Skill] Updated Automotive deployment scripts (#1792)
• [News Skill] Updated News deployment scripts (#1815)
• [News Skill] adding trending articles, favorite topics, searching by market, searching by website (#1660)
• [Bing Search Skill] Update search skill deployment scripts (#1819)
• [Bing Search Skill] Update with client-agnostic Adaptive Cards (#1544)
• [Bing Search Skill] Add skill to master (#1380)
• [Reservation Skill] Update reservation skill deployment scripts (#1818)
• [Weather Skill] Updated weather deployment scripts (#1820)
• [Skills] Update App Insights Telemetry usage in all Skills (#1611)
• [Skills] Updated to SDK 4.5.1 (#1859)
• [Skills] LU File Name Capitalization Fix (#1869)
• [Skills] New deployment features (#1845)
• [Skills] Updated to IBot Implementation across projects (#1927)

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Libraries

CSharp

• [Solutions Lib] Update RouterDialog to pass through Invoke Events (#1568)
• [Solutions Lib] Add SetSpeakMiddleware to apply an SSML-formatted voice font to bots Activity.Speak properties (#1462)
• [Solutions Lib] Support for silent retrieval of tokens from Token Store in Direct Line Speech scenarios (#1459)
• [Solutions Lib] Add support for AAD v1 (#1387)
• [Solutions Lib] Set SSML to neural (#1606)
• [Solutions Lib] Inject all body items in GetCardResponse (#1710) (#1729)
• [Skills Lib] Fix for SkillDialog is ending on every turn (#1526)

TypeScript

• [BotBuilder-Libs] Update functionality of BotBuilder-Skills and BotBuilder-Solutions (#1933)
• [BotBuilder-Libs] Implement test main structure (#1377)
• [BotBuilder-Libs] Migrate changes for AADv1 and skillContext (#1398)
• [BotBuilder-Libs] Fix issue with test and code coverage tasks in YAML files (#1851)
• [BotBuilder Libs] Migrate latest functionalities (#1842)
• [BotBuilder-Libs] Migrate from TSLint to ESLint (#1696)
• [BotBuilder-Libs] Remove unused dependencies (#1643)
• [BotBuilder-Libs] Test structure refactor (#1535)
• [BotBuilder-Skills] Allow ITriggers with nullable properties (#1685)
• [BotBuilder-Skills] Add SkillManifestGenerator (#1483)
• [BotBuilder-Skills] Fix skillContext issue in tests (#1407)
• [BotBuilder-Skills] Implement tests (#1403)
• [BotBuilder-Solutions] Implement tests (#1436)
• [BotBuilder-Solutions] Fix 'import-name' rule issue (#1638)
• [BotBuilder-Solutions] Implement call to getTokenStatus (#1559)

Solutions

• [Samples] Enterprise notification sample (#1954)
• [Linked Accounts] Fix sign-in/sign-out flow (#1723)
• [Linked Accounts] Enable companion app scenario for Linked Accounts web app (#1529)
• [Linked Accounts] Enable Linked Accounts to work with Azure AD and personal Microsoft accounts (#1490)

Virtual Assistant Chat Client (Android)

• [Android Client] Added Android App
• [Android Client] Added sound effects feature and open apps via message (#1687)
• [Android Client] Android app update: Ability to change view between Full Conversation and Conversation (#1681)

Botskills CLI

• [Botskills] Fix dispatchName argument (#1886)
• [Botskills] Implement sanitization path (#1731)
• [Botskills] Refactor in Mocks folder (#1706)
• [Botskills] Replace 'require' for reading JSON files (#1641)
• [Botskills] Test structure refactor (#1534)
• [Botskills] Implement update command (#1524)
• [Botskills] Implement refresh command (#1480)
• [Botskills] Implement tests for connect functionality (#1488)
• [Botskills] Add --noTrain flag for connect/disconnect commands (#1469)
• [Botskills] Implement tests for disconnect functionality (#1409)
• [Botskills] Improve error handling in async functions (#1351)

Packages

.NET

Name	Released Package
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Solutions
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Skills

TypeScript

Name	Released Package
botbuilder-solutions
botbuilder-skills
generator-botbuilder-assistant
botskills

Thanks to our contributors

@Annika-deGroot, @Batta32, @BeigeBadger, @Dan-Albrecht, @Dewain27, @DiegoCardozo94, @DingmaomaoBJTU, @KayMKM, @NathanNZ, @VKAlwaysWin, @abiemann, @bobokids, @dargilco, @darrenj, @dfavretto, @enzocanoo, @flash2048, @lauren-mills, @litofish, @lzc850612, @mattklup, @mitch-b, @pvmraghunandan, @ryanlengel, @sachabruttin, @seank-com, @ssss141414, @veluhariharan, @xieofxie and @yochay