Microsoft describes TLS between its Direct Routing SIP endpoints and customer SBCs as mutual TLS, with the Teams SIP interface presenting a client certificate that carries the Client Authentication EKU.

Checked 2026-10-02

TLS connectivity between Microsoft SIP endpoints and customer/partner SBCs uses mutual TLS (mTLS), requiring client certificates with the Client Authentication Extended Key Usage (EKU) property.
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Teams Direct Routing
Subsystem
mutual TLS
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
entry dated 2025-12-12
Checked
2026-10-02

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). SIP trunk authentication: registration and static IP and mutual TLS: source note sip-trunk-authentication-models-teams-dr-mtls-microsoft-side. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-trunk-authentication-models-teams-dr-mtls-microsoft-side

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-trunk-authentication-models-teams-dr-mtls-microsoft-side,
  title  = {SIP trunk authentication: registration and static IP and mutual TLS: source note sip-trunk-authentication-models-teams-dr-mtls-microsoft-side},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-trunk-authentication-models-teams-dr-mtls-microsoft-side},
  note   = {Source note sip-trunk-authentication-models-teams-dr-mtls-microsoft-side, checked 2026-10-02}
}

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