Category: At least Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2*

This policy setting specifies whether BranchCache distributed cache mode is enabled on client computers to which this policy is applied. In addition to this policy you must use the policy “Turn on BranchCache” to enable BranchCache on client computers. In distributed cache mode client computers download content from BranchCache-enabled main office content servers cache the content locally and serve the content to other BranchCache distributed cache mode clients in the branch office. Policy configurationSelect 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 distributed cache mode is enabled for all client computers where the policy is applied. For example if this policy is enabled in domain Group Policy BranchCache distributed cache mode is turned on for all domain member client computers to which the policy is applied. – Disabled. With this selection BranchCache distributed cache mode 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 setting specifies whether BranchCache hosted cache mode is enabled on client computers to which this policy is applied. In addition to this policy you must use the policy “Turn on BranchCache” to enable BranchCache on client computers. When a client computer is configured as a hosted cache mode client it is able to download cached content from a hosted cache server that is located at the branch office. In addition when the hosted cache client obtains content from a content server the client can upload the content to the hosted cache server for access by other hosted cache clients at the branch office. Policy configurationSelect 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 hosted cache mode is enabled for all client computers where the policy is applied. For example if this policy is enabled in domain Group Policy BranchCache hosted cache mode is turned on for all domain member client computers to which the policy is applied. – Disabled. With this selection BranchCache hosted cache mode is turned off for all client computers where the policy is applied. In circumstances where this setting is enabled you can also select and configure the following option:- Type the name of the hosted cache server. Specifies the computer name of the hosted cache server. Because the hosted cache server name is also specified in the certificate enrolled to the hosted cache server the name that you enter here must match the name of the hosted cache server that is specified in the server certificate. Hosted cache clients must trust the server certificate that is issued to the hosted cache server. Ensure that the issuing CA certificate is installed in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities certificate store on all hosted cache client computers. * 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 setting specifies the default percentage of total disk space that is allocated for the BranchCache disk cache on client computers. If you enable this policy setting you can configure the percentage of total disk space to allocate for the cache. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the cache is set to 5 percent of the total disk space on the client computer. Policy configurationSelect one of the following:- Not Configured. With this selection BranchCache client computer cache 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 configure a BranchCache client computer cache setting on all client computers you can specify Not Configured for this domain Group Policy setting and then configure local computer policy to enable BranchCache client computer cache settings on individual client computers. Because the domain Group Policy setting is not configured it will not over-write the client computer cache setting that you use on individual client computers. – Enabled. With this selection the BranchCache client computer cache setting is enabled for all client computers where the policy is applied. For example if Set percentage of disk space used for client computer cache is enabled in domain Group Policy the BranchCache client computer cache setting that you specify in the policy is turned on for all domain member client computers to which the policy is applied. – Disabled. With this selection BranchCache client computers use the default client computer cache setting of five percent of the total disk space on the client computer. In circumstances where this setting is enabled you can also select and configure the following option:- Specify the percentage of total disk space allocated for the cache. Specifies an integer that is the percentage of total client computer disk space to use for the BranchCache client computer cache. * 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 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 ServersPolicy configurationSelect 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.