A failover test consistent with Microsoft's description is to cut the branch's internet path while leaving the client's LAN path to the SBA intact, confirm the SBA banner appears in a desktop client that connected to the SBA within the previous 24 hours, place and receive a PSTN call, then restore the internet and confirm the client returns to normal mode.
inferred · 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
- Status
- inferred
- Checked
- 2026-09-30
Sources
- Survivable Branch Appliance for Direct Routing — Microsoft (Microsoft Learn) · tier 2 current vendor documentation · How it works (conditions, banner, offline functionality list); Known issues and considerations
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, September 30). Setting up a Survivable Branch Appliance for Teams Direct Routing: source note teams-sba-setup-failover-test-method. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-sba-setup-failover-test-method
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-teams-sba-setup-failover-test-method,
title = {Setting up a Survivable Branch Appliance for Teams Direct Routing: source note teams-sba-setup-failover-test-method},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/teams-sba-setup-failover-test-method},
note = {Source note teams-sba-setup-failover-test-method, checked 2026-09-30}
}