Setting up Teams Direct with a Ribbon SWE Lite SBC in Azure

Setting up Teams Direct Routing with a Ribbon SWE Lite SBC in Azure

Overview

This guide details the configuration required for connecting Ribbon’s SWe Lite SBC deployed in Azure to Microsoft Teams Direct Routing.

The SWe Lite can be used to connect an enterprise’s Microsoft Teams clients to:

• SIP trunk from a third-party provided (PSTN)
• Third-party PBX

Figure 1: SBC SWe Lite in Microsoft Azure offering Direct Routing Services to Teams clients.

The SBC SWe Lite is certified for Teams Direct Routing media bypass and non-media bypass.

Deploy SBC SWe Lite via Azure Marketplace

Review Prerequisites:

1. Microsoft Azure Subscription
   • A Microsoft Azure subscription (with credit) is required.
2. Azure requirements for the SBC SWe Lite virtual machine
   • Resource group
   • Virtual network
   • Virtual subnet
   • Network interface

Search for “SBC SWe Lite” from the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

In this guide we are deploying the Quick Launch version.

Figure 2: Select the SBC SWe Lite Quick Launch appliance from the Marketplace

Click Create and fill the required fields as it relates to your subscription

Figure 3: SBC SWe Lite Basics settings

Figure 4: SBC SWe Lite Virtual Machine settings

Figure 5: SBC SWe Lite Networking settings

Figure 6: SBC SWe Lite Management User interface

Figure 7: SBC SWe Lite deployment settings

Copy and paste the SBC SWE Lite Management FQDN to access the SBC Web UI.

Figure 8: SBC SWe Lite login page

Click on the SBC Easy Setup menu

Figure 9: SBC Easy Setup

Install an SSL certificate.

Figure 10: Installed SSL certificate

Install Trusted CA

Figure 11: Installed trusted CAs

Continue with the Easy Configuration steps

Figure 12: Easy Configuration Step 1

Figure 13: Easy Configuration Step 2

Figure 14: Easy Configuration Step 3

The configurations below can be used for the Office 365 element.

Figure 15: PowerShell commands

Figure 16: Status of both Signaling Groups

Figure 17: Teams client with assigned number

Figure 18: Making a test call

Figure 19: Teams client ringing

Figure 20: Test Call Status

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