Teams app posted to app store, how to make GCC High compliant?

Dan 20 Reputation points
2024-08-27T15:37:42.2933333+00:00

We currently have a Teams app in the Teams app store. I'm reading conflicting and limited info for how one's app would become "compliant" with GCC High. Some articles suggest it is up to the company who is in the GCC High environment if they want to allow and essentially side-load third party apps but others say that an app can become GCC High compliant. Anyone know where the truth is? How can our app become GCC High compliant?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-08-28T02:06:47.73+00:00

    Hi @Dan

    In a Microsoft 365 Government - GCC, GCCH and DoD deployment of Teams, all third-party apps are blocked by default. In GCC, you see the following note about managing third-party apps on the app permission policies page in the Microsoft Teams admin center.

    Screenshot of app permission policy in GCCH and DoD.

    Use org-wide app settings to control whether users can install third-party apps. Org-wide app settings govern the behavior for all users and override any other app permission policies assigned to users.

    1.On the Teams Apps > Manage apps page, select Org-wide app settings. You can then configure the settings you want in the panel.

    Screenshot that shows the Org-wide app settings in GCC.

    2.Under Third-party apps, turn off or turn on these settings to control access to third-party apps:

    Allow third-party apps: This option controls whether users can use third-party apps. If you turn off this setting, your users aren't able to add or use any third-party apps. In a Microsoft 365 Government - GCCH and DoD deployment of Teams, this setting is off by default.

    Allow any new third-party apps published to the store by default: This option controls whether new third-party apps that are published to the Teams app store become automatically available in Teams. You can only set this option if you allow third-party apps.

    3.Under Blocked apps, add the apps you want to block across your organization. For any third-party app you want to allow in your organization, remove the app from this blocked apps list. A blocked app isn't available to any user, regardless of app policies.

    4.Select Save for org-wide app settings to take effect.

    To allow third-party apps, either edit and use the Global (Org-wide default) policy or create and assign an admin-created policy.


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