Topic Last Modified: 2013-07-19

The Location-Based Routing Conferencing application provides to Lync Conferences a mechanism for the prevention of PSTN toll bypass. The application monitors active conferences and enforces Location-Based Routing restrictions based on the location of the Lync users participating.

The Location-Based Routing Conferencing application determines whether Location-Based Routing is to be enforced on a Lync meeting if the following criteria are met:

The Location-Based Routing Conferencing application prevents the participation of Lync users and PSTN endpoints from different network sites to the same conference. If the organizer of a meeting is enabled for Location-Based Routing, the Conferencing application enforces the following restrictions:

These conferencing Location-Based Routing restrictions are summarized in the following table.

User(s) in a conference at any given point

User(s) allowed to join the conference

User(s) not allowed to join the conference

Lync VoIP client user(s) from a single network site

Lync VoIP client user from the same network site

Lync VoIP client user from a different network site

Lync VoIP client user from an unknown network site

Federated Lync VoIP client user

User joining from a PSTN endpoint

None

Lync VoIP client user(s) from an unknown network site

Lync VoIP client user from any site

Lync VoIP client user from an unknown site

Federated Lync VoIP client user

User joining via a PSTN endpoint

Lync VoIP client users from different network sites

Lync VoIP client user from any network site

Lync VoIP client user from an unknown network site

Federated Lync VoIP client user

User joining via a PSTN endpoint

Lync VoIP client user(s) from a single network site and users joining from a PSTN endpoint

Lync VoIP client user from the same network site

Lync VoIP client user from a different network site

Lync VoIP client user from an unknown network site

Federated Lync VoIP client user

The following are additional characteristics of the Location-Based Routing Conferencing application: