If a Direct Routing datacenter is busy, it can send the SBC a 503 with Retry-After (one-second interval) in response to an INVITE. The SBC must then terminate that connection and try the next available Microsoft datacenter.

Checked 2026-09-25

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

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Troubleshooting Teams Direct Routing: source note teams-direct-routing-troubleshooting-503-retry-after. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-direct-routing-troubleshooting-503-retry-after

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-teams-direct-routing-troubleshooting-503-retry-after,
  title  = {Troubleshooting Teams Direct Routing: source note teams-direct-routing-troubleshooting-503-retry-after},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-direct-routing-troubleshooting-503-retry-after},
  note   = {Source note teams-direct-routing-troubleshooting-503-retry-after, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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