Written by: Snigdha Chaturvedi and Shilpa Vijayakumar
We’re excited to announce the next phase of enhancements to the Best practice configurations dashboard in Teams admin center with three new scenarios that further empower administrators to optimize their tenant’s collaboration experience:
- Bypass Local Proxy
Detect locations where significant media traffic is routed through local proxies, which can introduce latency and degrade call quality. The dashboard flags these locations and provides guidance to bypass proxies for media traffic.
- Bypass Cloud Proxy
Similar to local proxy detection, this scenario identifies media traffic routed through cloud proxies. Admins can now identify affected locations and take steps to reroute traffic for improved performance.
- Address DNS Resolution Failures
DNS resolution issues can impact Teams connectivity and reliability. This new scenario highlights locations with significant DNS resolution failures, helping admins take targeted action to resolve them.
Each of these scenarios is surfaced in the dashboard with detailed location-level insights, including impacted cities and IP addresses. Admins can export the data, validate findings, and follow recommended actions—all within the familiar Teams admin center interface.
Recap of Existing Scenarios
In our previous blog post, we introduced the Teams Best Practice Configurations dashboard in the Teams admin center a powerful tool designed to help IT administrators proactively monitor and remediate common issues that impact meeting quality and reliability. The initial release focused on three foundational scenarios:
- Updating Outdated Teams Clients: Encouraging users to stay on the latest Teams version for optimal performance and security.
- Enabling the Correct Ports and Protocols: Ensuring network configurations support seamless Teams connectivity.
- Implementing Split Tunneling for VPNs: Minimizing VPN-related performance bottlenecks.
These scenarios have helped organizations identify and resolve configuration gaps across locations, improving the overall Teams experience for users.
Ready to Explore?
Visit the Teams admin center and navigate to the Best practice configurations dashboard under the Meetings section. Use the new scenarios to uncover hidden issues, validate your network setup, and ensure your users enjoy the best possible Teams experience.
We’re committed to evolving this dashboard with more intelligent insights and automation. Stay tuned for future updates—and start leveraging these new scenarios today!
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