Tapsa is a Skype for Business / Lync -chatbot capable of running powershell functions. The bot is just a powershell script. Not an executable application. Based on the bot by salakar.
Microsoft Lync Model API documentation
https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/office/hh243705(v=office.14).aspx
Tapsa can be used as a software robot for automating Windows Server administration tasks. At least that's how I've been using it for more than two years. Of course it can do much more. If you can do it with PowerShell, you can do it from Lync with Tapsa. For example, our employees use it to check todays lunch menu and the menu of nearby restaurants. It's surprisingly fun and convenient to run powershell tasks from a Lync-client (which I'm using all the time anyway).
This bot comes with an example module that has a few functions. The bot we use in production has more than 60 functions and more than half of them are actual server/cloud administration tasks that our IT-support uses daily. They rarely need admin privileges anymore since Tapsa can do all that work. Saves us at least two full work days on average per month. Probably more since it doesn't make any mistakes. I will try to keep adding some of those functions to Tapsa-tasks.psm1 in the future.
Update 11.8.2017: AI module added. You can now train the bot to answer questions. Training data can also be added to data.txt in this format: question;answer;1. One question & solution pair per line. See the module for more instructions.
- Windows 7 or later
- PowerShell 3.0 or later
- Lync SDK (Lync .NET assemblies), follow this guide (the LyncSDK.exe installation part): https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2016/08/19/use-powershell-to-integrate-with-the-lync-2013-sdk-for-skype-for-business-part-1/
- Microsoft Skype for Business or Lync 2010/2013
- ActiveDirectory PowerShell module (only for permission check (check-permissions) and example functions (Tapsa-tasks module))
Recommended use: run from PowerShell ISE The bot will run as long as the PowerShell session is running.
- Make sure you meet the requirements above
- Clone the repository or download the Tapsa.ps1 and Tapsa-tasks.psm1
- Open the Tapsa.ps1 script in Windows PowerShell ISE
- Modify filepaths and credentials and save the script
- Start Skype for Business or Lync but don't sign in if you want to use the credentials in the script
- Run the script
- If you get an error about unsigned script, save the scripts using 'save as...' and make sure the execution policy is remotesigned or set the execution policy to unrestricted
- Try sendin a message "hi" to the bot from another Lync account
- You should get a reply
- Next:
- Make sure you understand what the script does and where you need to add your own commands.
- You need to create your own functions. Tapsa-tasks.psm1 is just provided as an example.
