Policy

Enable AD/DFS domain controller synchronization during policy refresh

Microsoft Windows

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Enable AD/DFS domain controller synchronization during policy refresh
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
System > Group Policy
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

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

Enabling this setting will cause the Group Policy Client to connect to the same domain controller for DFS shares as is being used for Active Directory.

Internal name
ResetDfsClientInfoDuringRefreshPolicy
Policy ID
d22f91e0f11b
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
Value name
ResetDfsClientInfoDuringRefreshPolicy
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
Value name
ResetDfsClientInfoDuringRefreshPolicy
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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