Overview
The Microsoft Teams integration brings Dash, directly into your 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.
Preview Feature
This integration is currently in Preview. Before you can connect Teams, a GovDash representative must enable the Teams integration for your team. Reach out to your GovDash representative first to have the integration enabled.
Installation Instructions
Setup happens in four stages: upload the Dash app to your organization, have IT approve it, install it in your Teams desktop client, and connect Teams within GovDash.
Step 1: Upload Dash to your Microsoft Teams organization
Please Note
This step is only required the first time anyone in your organization installs Dash into Microsoft Teams. If a colleague has already uploaded the app, skip to Step 4.
Download the Dash app package provided below
In your Microsoft Teams desktop client, upload the TeamsApp.zip manifest to your organization.
Once the app is uploaded, your IT team must approve it in the Teams Admin Center (see next step).
Step 2: IT Team Approval
To approve Dash in your organization’s Microsoft Teams environment, an admin must approve the app after a user has uploaded the Dash manifest (Step 1).
Have an IT admin log in to admin.teams.microsoft.com.
Locate Dash on the Manage apps page and approve it.
Please Note
If the manifest has been uploaded but Dash is missing from the Manage apps page, log out and log back in to admin.teams.microsoft.com. Microsoft often only refreshes the list of available apps on a new login session.
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 Teams within GovDash
Permission Required
You must have the Manage Team Integrations permission in your assigned role. For more information on roles and permissions, please see our support article here.
Confirm a GovDash representative has enabled the Teams preview feature for your team (see the first step).
Scroll down to the Teams section and click Connect Teams.
If another user on your team has already set up your workspace, you only need to connect your own user to Teams.
Please Note
The Microsoft Teams integration may only be installed on one Team at a time. If you hit an error connecting, check the settings page of other GovDash teams you’ve been added to, you may need to disconnect Teams there first. Support for multiple teams within chat bots is targeted for H2 2026.
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.
Commercial Tenant CUI Limitations
Commercial Microsoft Teams chat threads are labeled as unclassified resources within GovDash because Commercial Microsoft Teams cannot handle CUI (Controlled Unclassified Information) resources.
GCC-High Support
At this time, we only support Commercial tenant integration for Teams. GCC-High support is planned to arrive in the coming weeks.