Policy
Turn on BranchCache
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
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.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\PeerDist\Service\Enable | REG_DWORD | 1 | 0 |
Policy elements
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This policy has no additional user input fields.
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- ComputerConfigure Client BranchCache Version SupportAt least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
- ComputerConfigure Hosted Cache ServersAt least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
- ComputerEnable Automatic Hosted Cache Discovery by Service Connection PointAt least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
- ComputerSet age for segments in the data cacheAt least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
- ComputerSet BranchCache Distributed Cache modeAt least Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2*
- ComputerSet BranchCache Hosted Cache modeAt least Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2*
- ComputerSet percentage of disk space used for client computer cacheAt least Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2*