Turn on BranchCache

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting specifies whether BranchCache is enabled on client computers to which this policy is applied. In addition to this policy setting, you must specify whether the client computers are hosted cache mode or distributed cache mode clients. To do so, configure one of the following the policy settings: - Set BranchCache Distributed Cache mode - Set BranchCache Hosted Cache mode - Configure Hosted Cache Servers Policy configuration Select one of the following: - Not Configured. With this selection, BranchCache settings are not applied to client computers by this policy. In the circumstance where client computers are domain members but you do not want to enable BranchCache on all client computers, you can specify Not Configured for this domain Group Policy setting, and then configure local computer policy to enable BranchCache on individual client computers. Because the domain Group Policy setting is not configured, it will not over-write the enabled setting that you use on individual client computers where you want to enable BranchCache. - Enabled. With this selection, BranchCache is turned on for all client computers where the policy is applied. For example, if this policy is enabled in domain Group Policy, BranchCache is turned on for all domain member client computers to which the policy is applied. - Disabled. With this selection, BranchCache is turned off for all client computers where the policy is applied. * This policy setting is supported on computers that are running Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions with Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 4.0 installed.

This policy has no additional user input fields.

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  Configure BranchCache for network files

  At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
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  Configure Client BranchCache Version Support

  At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
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  Configure Hosted Cache Servers

  At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
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  Enable Automatic Hosted Cache Discovery by Service Connection Point

  At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
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  Set age for segments in the data cache

  At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
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  Set BranchCache Distributed Cache mode

  At least Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2*
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  Set BranchCache Hosted Cache mode

  At least Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2*