Direct Routing

One project I have been working on recently at Symity is a global roll out of Teams Direct Routing. This has resulted in SBCs being installed in different configurations based on local connectivity and requirements. One such requirement is where sites have multiple internet connections for resilience - can the SBC make use of this? It makes perfect sense especially when using cloud-based service – if one ISP has an issue, you want to be able maintain service with the other. ...

This article will assume you already have Teams Direct Routing in place. If you are not there yet, consider looking at my article on this subject: https://www.lee-ford.co.uk/teams-direct-routing-with-an-audiocodes-sbc/ Introduction to Media Bypass A welcome addition to Teams Direct Routing is Media Bypass. Before Media Bypass was released, all media when using Direct Routing would need to route up to one of six regional Teams Media Processors and back even if the Teams client and SBC were in the same location. Whilst this does work, it can be sub-optimal. If you then add on the fact that Media Processors are only available in six datacentres worldwide, it can add up to some large round trip times dependent on your location. ...