Policy

Configure how often a DFS client discovers domain controllers

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Configure how often a DFS client discovers domain controllers
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Network
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

This policy setting allows you to configure how often a Distributed File System (DFS) client attempts to discover domain controllers on a network. By default, a DFS client attempts to discover domain controllers every 15 minutes. If you enable this policy setting, you can configure how often a DFS client attempts to discover domain controllers. This value is specified in minutes. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default value of 15 minutes applies. Note: The minimum value you can select is 15 minutes. If you try to set this setting to a value less than 15 minutes, the default value of 15 minutes is applied.

Internal name
DFSDiscoverDC
Policy ID
6ce97c89e0dc
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Computer
Time in minutes:
ID DFSDiscoverDialog
decimal
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\System\DFSClient
Value name
DfsDcNameDelay
Type
REG_DWORD
Range: 15 to 360
Time in minutes:
Computer · Type decimal
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\System\DFSClient
Value name
DfsDcNameDelay
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Range: 15 to 360