In Microsoft's Always-bypass examples, an outbound call from an internal user at the downstream site carries X-MS-UserLocation: internal and X-MS-MediaPath naming only the downstream SBC, while an external user's call carries X-MS-UserLocation: external and X-MS-MediaPath listing the proxy SBC then 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-outbound-headers. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-media-bypass-setup-lmo-outbound-headers

BibTeX

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

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