Send WhatsApp message using Azure Communication Services
Hands-on lab to send WhatsApp message using Azure Communication Services, a public preview feature
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Azure Communication Services helps you to integrate communication into your applications. It supports various communication formats, such as
Voice and Video
Calling
Rich Text Chat
SMS
Email
Azure Communication Services enables you to send and receive WhatsApp messages using the Azure Communication Services Messaging SDK. This SDK can be used to engage in conversation with a customer for product inquiry and customer service scenarios. It can also be used to send out messages like appointment reminders, shipping updates, two-factor authentication, and other notification scenarios. This feature is currently in public preview.
In this video, we perform a hands-on lab on creating "Azure Communication Services" resource in Azure Portal and sending messages to a WhatsApp account.
More information at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/communication-services/overview#other-microsoft-communication-services
