Topic Last Modified: 2012-10-15

Media bypass settings apply globally across a Microsoft Lync Server 2013 deployment. Media bypass allows calls to bypass the Mediation Server. For details about when to use Media bypass, see Planning for Media Bypass in the Planning section.You can disable media bypass from the Lync Server Control Panel. For details on enabling and configuring medial bypass, see Enabling Network Media Bypass

To disable media bypass

  1. From a user account that is a member of the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group (or has equivalent user rights), or is assigned to the CsAdministrator role, log on to any computer in your internal deployment.

  2. Open a browser window, and then enter the Admin URL to open the Lync Server Control Panel. For details about the different methods you can use to start Lync Server Control Panel, see Open Lync Server Administrative Tools.

  3. In the left navigation bar, click Network Configuration and then click Global.

  4. On the Global page, click the Global configuration. There is always only one configuration, and it is always named Global.

  5. On the Edit menu, click View details.

  6. On the Edit Global Setting page, clear the Enable media bypass check box.

  7. Click Commit to save your changes.

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