In Always bypass mode an internal user's media goes to the downstream SBC's internal IP wherever in the corporate network the user is, and Microsoft recommends this mode when connectivity between branch offices is good.
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
- Local Media Optimization for Direct Routing — Microsoft · tier 2 current vendor documentation · Local Media Optimization modes, Mode 1; Mode 1: Always bypass, paragraph 1
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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-mode-always. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-media-bypass-setup-lmo-mode-always
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-teams-media-bypass-setup-lmo-mode-always,
title = {Setting up media bypass and local media optimization for Teams Direct Routing: source note teams-media-bypass-setup-lmo-mode-always},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-media-bypass-setup-lmo-mode-always},
note = {Source note teams-media-bypass-setup-lmo-mode-always, checked 2026-09-30}
}