Ribbon deployment options
Cloud service, virtual software or appliance.
Ribbon supports multiple deployment models. Realtime can design the telephony and SIP side around the environment you already operate rather than forcing one model on every customer.
Managed cloud
Ribbon Connect — cloud SBC as a service
Ribbon positions Ribbon Connect as a cloud-based SBC-as-a-Service for Microsoft Teams Direct Routing, with a web portal and automated provisioning capability. It can extend existing SIP trunks into Teams and can support coexistence with an existing PBX.
- No customer-premises SBC hardware required
- Designed for Microsoft Teams Direct Routing
- Cloud administration and provisioning
- Useful for service-based Teams calling deployments
Availability through Realtime is subject to the applicable Ribbon/channel service arrangement. Ask us to confirm the current service option for your deployment.
Virtual / cloud software
SBC SWe Edge — formerly SWe Lite
SBC SWe Edge is Ribbon's software SBC for enterprise and branch environments. It can run virtually or in public cloud infrastructure such as Microsoft Azure or AWS and is certified for Microsoft Teams Direct Routing.
- Azure or AWS deployment options
- SIP security and interoperability
- Teams Direct Routing
- PBX coexistence and migration
On-premises
Ribbon SBC 1000 / 2000
Physical SBCs suit sites that need a local communications edge, including environments with analogue or traditional telephony interfaces, local survivability requirements or complex PBX interworking.
- Local SIP edge and security
- Analogue / legacy connectivity options
- Microsoft Teams Survivable Branch options on supported designs
- Suitable for staged migrations
