The Teams client moves to the SBA only when two conditions hold: the user is assigned a branch survivability policy for an SBA that is up, and the internet is disconnected while the user's device can still reach the SBA.

Checked 2026-09-30

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Microsoft Teams Phone
Subsystem
Direct Routing SBA
Deployment
direct-routing
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 a Survivable Branch Appliance for Teams Direct Routing: source note teams-sba-setup-activation-conditions. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-sba-setup-activation-conditions

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-teams-sba-setup-activation-conditions,
  title  = {Setting up a Survivable Branch Appliance for Teams Direct Routing: source note teams-sba-setup-activation-conditions},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-sba-setup-activation-conditions},
  note   = {Source note teams-sba-setup-activation-conditions, checked 2026-09-30}
}

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