Authenticate an Azure Communication Services app as a licensed Teams identity via Entra ID token exchange
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Steps
Acquire a Microsoft Entra ID token for the Teams-licensed user through your normal Entra ID auth flow
Exchange that Entra ID token for an ACS access token using the Communication Services Identity SDK's Teams-identity token exchange call
Initialize the ACS Calling SDK with the exchanged access token — the endpoint is then treated exactly like a native Teams client
Use the resulting identity to join Teams meetings, place/receive calls, and reach PSTN through Teams Phone (calling plan, direct routing, or operator connect)
Handle call-queue transfer scenarios the same way a native Teams client would
Known gotchas
It is currently not possible for a genuine Teams user identity to join a call that was initiated using the plain ACS Calling SDK (external-user path) — the two identity models don't interoperate in that direction
The exchanged identity requires the user to actually hold a Teams license; there's no way to grant Teams-identity privileges to an external/BYOI token
This flow is also not supported against Teams GCC deployments
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