Merge pull request #212460 from tinaharter/tinaharter/updateDoc

add conceptual document

Author: v-stsavell

articles/communication-services/concepts/interop/guest/government-cloud.md

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+---
+title: Support for government clouds
+titleSuffix: An Azure Communication Services concept document
+description: Support for external user from Azure Communication Services connecting to Microsoft Teams in government clouds
+author: tinaharter
+ms.author: tinaharter
+ms.date: 9/22/2022
+ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.service: azure-communication-services
+ms.subservice: teams-interop
+---
+
+# Support for government clouds
+Developers can integrate Azure Communication Services to connect to Microsoft Teams also in government clouds. Azure Communication Services allows connecting to Microsoft 365 cloud that meets government security and compliance requirements. The following sections show supported clouds and scenarios for external users from Azure Communication Services.
+
+## Supported cloud parity between Microsoft 365 and Azure 
+The following table shows pair of government clouds that are currently supported by Azure Communication Services:
+
+| Microsoft 365 cloud| Azure cloud| Support |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| [GCC](/office365/servicedescriptions/office-365-platform-service-description/office-365-us-government/gcc) | Public | ❌ |
+| [GCC-H](/office365/servicedescriptions/office-365-platform-service-description/office-365-us-government/gcc-high-and-dod) | [US Government](/azure/azure-government/documentation-government-welcome) | ✔️ |
+
+## Supported use cases
+
+The following table show supported use cases for Gov Cloud user with Azure Communication Services:
+
+| Scenario | Supported |
+| --- | --- |
+| Join Teams meeting | ✔️ |
+| Join channel Teams meeting [1] | ✔️ |
+| Join Teams webinar | ❌ |
+| [Join Teams live events](/microsoftteams/teams-live-events/what-are-teams-live-events).| ❌ |
+| Join [Teams meeting scheduled in application for personal use](https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-teams/teams-for-home) | ❌ |
+| Join Teams 1:1 or group call | ❌ |
+| Join Teams 1:1 or group chat | ❌ |
+
+- [1] Gov cloud users can join a channel Teams meeting with audio and video, but they won't be able to send or receive any chat messages

articles/communication-services/concepts/interop/teams-user/government-cloud.md

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+---
+title: Support for government clouds as Teams user
+titleSuffix: An Azure Communication Services concept document
+description: Support for Teams user from Azure Communication Services connecting to Microsoft Teams in government clouds
+author: tinaharter
+ms.author: tinaharter
+ms.date: 9/22/2022
+ms.topic: conceptual
+ms.service: azure-communication-services
+ms.subservice: teams-interop
+---
+
+# Support for government clouds as Teams user
+Developers can integrate Azure Communication Services to connect to Microsoft Teams also in government clouds. Azure Communication Services allows connecting to Microsoft 365 cloud that meets government security and compliance requirements.  The following sections show supported clouds and scenarios for Teams users.
+
+## Supported cloud parity between Microsoft 365 and Azure 
+The following table shows pair of government clouds that are currently supported by Azure Communication Services:
+
+| Microsoft 365 cloud| Azure cloud| Support |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| [GCC](/office365/servicedescriptions/office-365-platform-service-description/office-365-us-government/gcc) | Public | ❌ |
+| [GCC-H](/office365/servicedescriptions/office-365-platform-service-description/office-365-us-government/gcc-high-and-dod) | [US Government](/azure/azure-government/documentation-government-welcome) | ❌ |
+
+## Supported use cases
+
+The following table show supported use cases for Gov Cloud Teams user with Azure Communication Services:
+
+| Scenario | Supported |
+| --- | --- |
+| Make a voice-over-IP (VoIP) call to Teams user | ❌ |
+| Make a phone (PSTN) call | ❌ |
+| Accept incoming voice-over-IP (VoIP) call for Teams user | ❌ |
+| Accept incoming phone (PSTN) for Teams user | ❌ |
+| Join Teams meeting | ❌ |
+| Join channel Teams meeting | ❌ |
+| Join Teams webinar | ❌ |
+| [Join Teams live events](/microsoftteams/teams-live-events/what-are-teams-live-events).| ❌ |
+| Join [Teams meeting scheduled in an application for personal use](https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-teams/teams-for-home) | ❌ |
+| Join Teams 1:1 or group call | ❌ |
+| Send a message to 1:1 chat, group chat or Teams meeting chat| ❌ |
+| Get messages from 1:1 chat, group chat or Teams meeting chat | ❌ |

articles/communication-services/toc.yml

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             href: concepts/interop/guest/teams-administration.md
           - name: User privacy
             href: concepts/interop/guest/privacy.md
+          - name: Government clouds
+            href: concepts/interop/guest/government-cloud.md
           - name: Known issues
             href: concepts/interop/guest/limitations.md            
       - name: Communication as Teams user
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             href: concepts/interop/teams-user/azure-ad-api-permissions.md
           - name: Firewall configuration
             href: concepts/interop/custom-teams-endpoint-firewall-configuration.md
+          - name: Government clouds
+            href: concepts/interop/teams-user/government-cloud.md
   - name: Network Traversal (TURN)
     href: concepts/network-traversal.md    
   - name: Data residency and user privacy