For media bypass the Teams client must be able to reach the SBC's public IP address even from the internal network; Microsoft notes hairpinning can be configured on the NAT device so that traffic never leaves enterprise network equipment.
Checked 2026-09-30
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Teams Phone Direct Routing
- Subsystem
- media bypass
- Deployment
- multi-tenant
- Region
- not restricted
- Release range
- current as of 2026-09-30
- Checked
- 2026-09-30
Sources
- Plan for media bypass with Direct Routing — Microsoft · tier 2 current vendor documentation · Call flow if the user has direct access to the public IP address of the SBC, bullet 1; Requirements for direct media traffic, Note
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-mb-client-public-ip. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-media-bypass-setup-mb-client-public-ip
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-teams-media-bypass-setup-mb-client-public-ip,
title = {Setting up media bypass and local media optimization for Teams Direct Routing: source note teams-media-bypass-setup-mb-client-public-ip},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-media-bypass-setup-mb-client-public-ip},
note = {Source note teams-media-bypass-setup-mb-client-public-ip, checked 2026-09-30}
}