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Teams adapter: port certificate-based mTLS authentication #58

Description

@patrick-chinchill

Missing upstream capability — documented non-parity.

Current state

Python Teams adapter explicitly rejects certificate-based authentication:

```python

src/chat_sdk/adapters/teams/adapter.py:165-170

if config.certificate:
raise ValidationError(
"teams",
"Certificate-based authentication is not yet supported. "
"Use app_password (client secret) or federated (workload identity) authentication instead.",
)
```

Upstream TS supports cert auth.

Why it matters

Enterprise customers often use cert-based auth for Microsoft Bot Framework registrations — it's recommended over client secrets by the Azure security baseline. Federated (workload identity) is the other production-grade option we support.

Fix

  1. Accept `certificate` in `TeamsAdapterConfig` (cert PEM + private key PEM)
  2. Use `msal` cert-credential flow when fetching the Bot Framework token
  3. Regression test using mock certs

Acceptance

  • `TeamsAdapterConfig(certificate=...)` acquires tokens successfully
  • Existing `app_password` and federated paths unchanged
  • Regression test with mock cert
  • Entry in `docs/UPSTREAM_SYNC.md` non-parity table cleared

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