Plain media bypass cannot serve branch SBCs that lack public IPs, because bypass requires the client to reach the SBC's public IP while downstream SBCs are reachable by Teams only through a proxy SBC defined in the LMO virtual topology; a proxy/downstream design therefore implies Local Media Optimization.
inferred · Checked 2026-09-30
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Teams Phone Direct Routing
- Subsystem
- design
- Deployment
- multi-tenant
- Region
- not restricted
- Release range
- current as of 2026-09-30
- Status
- inferred
- Checked
- 2026-09-30
Sources
- Local Media Optimization for Direct Routing — Microsoft · tier 2 current vendor documentation · Proxy SBC with connected downstream SBCs; combined with ms-learn-dr-media-bypass 'Call flow if the user has direct access to the public IP address of the SBC' and ms-learn-set-csonlinepstngateway -ProxySbc ('Used in Local Media Optimization configurations')
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, September 30). Setting up media bypass and local media optimization for Teams Direct Routing: source note teams-media-bypass-setup-inf-downstream-needs-lmo. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-media-bypass-setup-inf-downstream-needs-lmo
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-teams-media-bypass-setup-inf-downstream-needs-lmo,
title = {Setting up media bypass and local media optimization for Teams Direct Routing: source note teams-media-bypass-setup-inf-downstream-needs-lmo},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-media-bypass-setup-inf-downstream-needs-lmo},
note = {Source note teams-media-bypass-setup-inf-downstream-needs-lmo, checked 2026-09-30}
}