Microsoft Teams (GCC High) Integration

Microsoft Teams (GCC High) Integration

Overview

The Microsoft Teams GCC High integration brings Dash directly into your GCC High Microsoft Teams environment. Once connected, you can message Dash one-on-one or tag Dash in a standard channel or thread to get help without leaving Teams.

Unlike the Commercial Teams integration, the GCC High integration runs entirely on Microsoft government endpoints and can be connected for CUI (Controlled Unclassified Information).

Installation Instructions

Setup happens in four stages: upload the Dash GCC High app to your organization, have IT approve it, install it in your Teams desktop client, and connect GCC High Teams within GovDash.

Step 1: Upload Dash to your Microsoft Teams GCC High organization

1. Download the Dash GCC High app package provided below

ProdTeamsAppGccHigh.zip
2. In your Microsoft Teams desktop client, upload the ProdTeamsAppGccHigh.zip manifest to your organization.

3. Once the app is uploaded, your IT team must approve it in the GCC High Teams Admin Center (see next step).

Step 2: IT Team Approval

To approve Dash in your organization’s GCC High Microsoft Teams environment, an admin must approve the app after a user has uploaded the Dash manifest (Step 1).

1. Have an IT admin log in to the GCC High Teams Admin Center at admin.gov.teams.microsoft.us.
2. Locate Dash on the Manage apps page and approve it.

Once the admin has approved the app, users can install it within their desktop client.

Step 3: Install Dash in your Teams desktop client

After your IT team approves the app, sign out and sign back in to Microsoft Teams so that Dash appears within your Apps Built for your org section.



Dash will show either an Open button (if it has already been installed) or an Add button (if this is your first time installing it). Click the button to add Dash.

Step 4: Connect GCC High Teams within GovDash

1. Confirm a GovDash representative has enabled the Teams preview feature for your team (see the first step).
2. Go to https://dashboard.govdash.us/settings/integrations.
3. Scroll down to the Teams section and click Connect GCC High Teams.
4. Sign in with a Microsoft account from your GCC High tenant and grant the requested scopes. Because the GCC High integration can handle CUI, you will be asked to confirm that you are authorized to configure the integration and that your GCC High tenant can securely store, process, and transmit CUI.
   
   
   
   If another user on your team has already set up your workspace, you only need to connect your own user to Teams.

Step 5: IT Team Approval of Microsoft Graph Permissions

After a user connects GCC High Teams within GovDash, Dash is added to your Microsoft environment and requests the Microsoft Graph permissions required for the integration. Your IT team must approve these permissions before Dash can fully operate in Teams.

1. Have an IT admin sign in to Microsoft Entra through the Azure Government portal (portal.azure.us) and locate the Dash enterprise application. Its application ID starts with 73d25920-a256-42c6-8ddd-4691fda90581
2. Review the pending Microsoft Graph permission request for Dash.
3. Approve the requested permissions for your organization.
   
   

Usage

Using Dash within Teams

You can interact with Dash in two ways:

• Message Dash directly in a one-on-one chat, or
• Tag Dash in a Standard channel or thread that he has previously been added to.

Dash in Teams Examples

In Teams, Dash works from your GovDash data: Data Library, Staffing Pool, Capture, Proposal, and Contract to:

1. Look up past performance and capabilities on the spot. Tag Dash in a capture or BD channel to answer questions from your own records, for example, “@Dash what past performance do we have supporting [capability area]?” or “summarize our experience with [customer].” Dash draws on your Data Library and Contract award history, so the answer appears right in the channel.

2. Find the right people for a bid. Ask Dash to search your Staffing Pool, for example, “@Dash who on our team holds [certification/clearance] and has experience with [domain]?” Dash returns matching personnel and qualifications, making it fast to shape key personnel or answer a teaming partner’s staffing question without leaving the conversation.

3. Move a capture or proposal forward in-thread. Put Dash to work on your Capture and Proposal data, for example, “@Dash summarize where our capture plan for [opportunity] stands and what gaps remain,” or “draft a first-pass [section] for the [opportunity] response.” The output lands where the team is already working, so they can react and refine inline.
   
   

CUI Handling

GCC-High Microsoft Teams chat threads can be connected for CUI (Controlled Unclassified Information). During setup, the GovDash admin must confirm they are authorized to configure the integration and that the connected GCC-High tenant can securely store, process, and transmit CUI.