The following table lists the minimum Windows 10 version that supports Delivery Optimization: Device typeĬomputers running Server Core installations of Windows Server If Delivery Optimization is enabled on devices that use BranchCache, Delivery Optimization will be used instead. WSUS can also use BranchCache for content sharing and caching. For a comprehensive list of all Delivery Optimization settings, see Delivery Optimization reference. You can use Delivery Optimization with Windows Update, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Microsoft Intune/Windows Update for Business, or Microsoft Configuration Manager (when installation of Express Updates is enabled).įor information about setting up Delivery Optimization, including tips for the best settings in different scenarios, see Set up Delivery Optimization. If the desired content can't be obtained from MCC or peers, Delivery Optimization will seamlessly fall back to the HTTP source to get the requested content. When Delivery Optimization is configured to use peers and Microsoft Connected Cache (MCC), to achieve the best possible content delivery experience, the client will connect to MCC and peers in parallel. To use either the peer-to-peer functionality or the Microsoft Connected Cache features, devices must have access to the Internet and Delivery Optimization cloud services. You can use Delivery Optimization to reduce bandwidth consumption by sharing the work of downloading these packages among multiple devices in your deployment however, the use of peer-to-peer is completely optional. Delivery Optimization is a reliable HTTP downloader with a cloud-managed solution that allows Windows devices to download those packages from alternate sources if desired (such as other devices on the network and/or a dedicated cache server) in addition to the traditional internet-based servers (referred to as 'HTTP sources' throughout Delivery Optimization documents). Downloading and distributing updates can consume quite a bit of network resources on the devices receiving them. Windows updates, upgrades, and applications can contain packages with large files. Looking for Group Policy objects? See Delivery Optimization reference or the master spreadsheet available at the Download Center for Windows 11 or for Windows 10.