Transport Relays are in the path of a bypassed end-user call only when the client cannot reach the SBC on its public IP address, and because relays are not B2BUAs the codec is never changed between client and SBC.
Checked 2026-09-30
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Teams Phone Direct Routing
- Subsystem
- media path
- 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 · Use of Media Processors and Transport Relays, summary table and transcoding explanation
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-relay-when. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-media-bypass-setup-mb-relay-when
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-teams-media-bypass-setup-mb-relay-when,
title = {Setting up media bypass and local media optimization for Teams Direct Routing: source note teams-media-bypass-setup-mb-relay-when},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-media-bypass-setup-mb-relay-when},
note = {Source note teams-media-bypass-setup-mb-relay-when, checked 2026-09-30}
}