Summary and resources
In this module, you learned about the requirements, tools, and strategies to optimizing your organizational network for Microsoft Teams. It's important to ensure that Microsoft 365 endpoints are accessible from user devices and to properly configure proxies to avoid performance issues. Bandwidth requirements for audio and video calling and meeting workloads vary based on the desired experience, and network performance factors such as latency, packet loss, and jitter play a crucial role in providing a stable connection.
The main takeaways are that optimizing the network for Teams media is critical for a smooth and high-quality user experience. The Teams Network Planner, Microsoft Teams Network Assessment Tool, and Microsoft 365 network connectivity test can all be used together to evaluate and optimize your network.
Now that you have reviewed this module, you should be able to:
- Describe network requirements for optimal performance in Teams
- Evaluate bandwidth requirements with the Teams Network planner
- Assess a network using the Teams Network Assessment Tool
- Optimize network and WiFi for media flow
- Optimize media flow with QoS
Resources
Use these resources to discover more background details of the described topics from this module:
- Office 365 URLs and IP address ranges
- Microsoft 365 network connectivity principles
- Prepare your organization's network for Microsoft Teams
- Media Quality and Network Connectivity Performance in Microsoft Teams| Microsoft Docs
- Use the Network planner for Microsoft Teams
- Download Microsoft Teams Network Assessment Tool from Official Microsoft Download Center
- Assessing Microsoft 365 network connectivity
- Optimizing Office 365 traffic for remote workers with the native Windows 10 VPN client
- Implementing VPN split tunneling for Office 365
- How to quickly optimize Office 365 traffic for remote staff and reduce the load on your infrastructure
- Implementing VPN split tunneling for Office 365
- Microsoft 365 global tenant performance optimization for China users
- Implement Quality of Service (QoS) in Microsoft Teams clients
- Microsoft 365 network connectivity principles
- Media in Teams - Media Flow – Microsoft Coffee in the Cloud YouTube
- Wireshark Download