Downstream SBCs have no public IPs but can be assigned to voice routes; users in the downstream SBC's branch send media to it directly, while external users send media to the proxy SBC's public IP, which proxies it to the downstream SBC.

Checked 2026-09-30

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Microsoft Teams Phone Direct Routing
Subsystem
local media optimization
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-30
Checked
2026-09-30

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 30). Setting up media bypass and local media optimization for Teams Direct Routing: source note teams-media-bypass-setup-lmo-downstream. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-media-bypass-setup-lmo-downstream

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-teams-media-bypass-setup-lmo-downstream,
  title  = {Setting up media bypass and local media optimization for Teams Direct Routing: source note teams-media-bypass-setup-lmo-downstream},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-media-bypass-setup-lmo-downstream},
  note   = {Source note teams-media-bypass-setup-lmo-downstream, checked 2026-09-30}
}

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