RFC 8445 defines lite ICE agents as using only host candidates and not generating connectivity checks or running state machines, while still responding to connectivity checks; RFC 8445 obsoletes RFC 5245, which Microsoft's pages still cite.

Checked 2026-09-30

Lite agents only use host candidates and do not generate connectivity checks or run state machines, though they need to be able to respond to connectivity checks.
Vendor
IETF
Product
ICE
Subsystem
ICE Lite
Deployment
multi-tenant, on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 8445
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-rfc-ice-lite. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-media-bypass-setup-rfc-ice-lite

BibTeX

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

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