If a device between a Direct Routing SBC and Microsoft could read and rewrite the Contact or Record-Route host to an IP address, Microsoft's documented rules would reject or fail the call. Because Direct Routing signaling runs over TLS, a firewall without TLS interception cannot normally rewrite it in the first place.

inferred · Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Teams Phone Direct Routing
Subsystem
SIP signaling
Deployment
multi-tenant, hybrid
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-25
Status
inferred
Checked
2026-09-25

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). SIP ALG problems on firewalls and routers: source note sip-alg-problems-teams-dr-alg-rewrite-effect. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-alg-problems-teams-dr-alg-rewrite-effect

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-alg-problems-teams-dr-alg-rewrite-effect,
  title  = {SIP ALG problems on firewalls and routers: source note sip-alg-problems-teams-dr-alg-rewrite-effect},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-alg-problems-teams-dr-alg-rewrite-effect},
  note   = {Source note sip-alg-problems-teams-dr-alg-rewrite-effect, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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