Policy
Configure H.264/AVC hardware encoding for Remote Desktop Connections
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016
This policy setting lets you enable H.264/AVC hardware encoding support for Remote Desktop Connections. When you enable hardware encoding, if an error occurs, we will attempt to use software encoding. If you disable or do not configure this policy, we will always use software encoding.
Internal name
TS_SERVER_AVC_HW_ENCODE_PREFERRED
Policy ID
8dd7152ec222
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services Value name AVCHardwareEncodePreferred | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 | HKLM 0 |
Registry location
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services
Value name
AVCHardwareEncodePreferred
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.