New Features in Windows 2012 BranchCache

Windows 2012 introduces a number of new features in BranchCache that provide improved performance, scalability, manageability, and availability, including the following:

Scalability for office sizes and number of branch offices—BranchCache in Windows 2012 can scale to provide access to cached content for branch offices of any size, including those branch offices without a local file server. In addition, there is no hard limit on the number of branch offices that can participate in a hosted cache topology.

Streamlined configuration requirements—In Windows 2012, BranchCache settings can be configured through a single GPO with a minimal number of settings for the entire organization. This reduces the ...

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