Microsoft offers two ways to create Direct Routing users (create in on-premises Active Directory and sync to the cloud, or create directly in the Microsoft 365 admin center), and recommends choosing only one to avoid routing issues.

Checked 2026-09-24

we recommend that your organization chooses only one option to avoid routing issues
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Microsoft Teams Phone
Subsystem
Direct Routing user enablement
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-24
Checked
2026-09-24

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Identity SSO and directory provisioning for UC: source note identity-sso-provisioning-teams-one-creation-path. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/identity-sso-provisioning-teams-one-creation-path

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-identity-sso-provisioning-teams-one-creation-path,
  title  = {Identity SSO and directory provisioning for UC: source note identity-sso-provisioning-teams-one-creation-path},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/identity-sso-provisioning-teams-one-creation-path},
  note   = {Source note identity-sso-provisioning-teams-one-creation-path, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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