Planning network requirements

When planning a Teams Phone deployment, one of the most important tasks is to ensure that your network is configured correctly to support real-time audio and video network streams. There are a series of tools, assessments, and planners that can be leveraged to audit an organization's network. These tools will help prepare administrators to support Teams voice and video in both their corporate and remote networks.

At a high level, the following areas should be reviewed by an organization to ensure their network is ready for Teams voice. Careful validation and alignment with Teams' best practices and recommendations will minimize the potential for audio and video quality issues on the platform.

Network requirements

In order to achieve the most reliable performance and experiences, certain network requirements should be met. Table 11.7 lists the base network performance requirements to run Teams Real-Time Voice and Video in an organization...