With media bypass, Direct Routing media is kept between the SBC and the Teams client instead of passing through Microsoft Teams Phone, and Microsoft states the SBC and client must be in the same location or network for it to apply.
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 · About media bypass with Direct Routing, paragraph 1
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-definition. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-media-bypass-setup-mb-definition
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-teams-media-bypass-setup-mb-definition,
title = {Setting up media bypass and local media optimization for Teams Direct Routing: source note teams-media-bypass-setup-mb-definition},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-media-bypass-setup-mb-definition},
note = {Source note teams-media-bypass-setup-mb-definition, checked 2026-09-30}
}