To avoid double normalization, Microsoft recommends that Direct Routing customers normalize to a '+' form in dial plans and then remove the '+' with a route-based translation rule if the SBC needs it.

Checked 2026-09-23

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Teams Phone Direct Routing
Subsystem
number translation
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-23
Checked
2026-09-23

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 23). E.164 numbering and dial string normalization: source note e164-numbering-teams-dr-plus-then-strip. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/e164-numbering-teams-dr-plus-then-strip

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-e164-numbering-teams-dr-plus-then-strip,
  title  = {E.164 numbering and dial string normalization: source note e164-numbering-teams-dr-plus-then-strip},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/e164-numbering-teams-dr-plus-then-strip},
  note   = {Source note e164-numbering-teams-dr-plus-then-strip, checked 2026-09-23}
}

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