From 92002fe7a5590b639ab486ea1b666f48c9c455a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "[cmknox]" <[cmknox@gmail.com]> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:26:03 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Clarify some points and remove data that is confusing to customers. --- windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml | 8 +++++++- .../deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-reference.md | 8 ++++---- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml b/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml index 4ccc887ab28..72721d33387 100644 --- a/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml +++ b/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ metadata: - ✅ Windows 10 - ✅ Windows Server 2019, and later - ✅ Delivery Optimization - ms.date: 08/06/2024 + ms.date: 10/15/2024 title: Frequently Asked Questions about Delivery Optimization summary: | This article answers frequently asked questions about Delivery Optimization. @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ summary: | **Peer-to-peer related questions**: - [How does Delivery Optimization determine which content is available for peering?](#how-does-delivery-optimization-determine-which-content-is-available-for-peering) + - [Where does Delivery Optimization get content from first?](#where-delivery-optimization-gets-content-from-first) - [Does Delivery Optimization use multicast?](#does-delivery-optimization-use-multicast) - [How does Delivery Optimization deal with congestion on the router from peer-to-peer activity on the LAN?](#how-does-delivery-optimization-deal-with-congestion-on-the-router-from-peer-to-peer-activity-on-the-lan) - [How does Delivery Optimization handle VPNs?](#how-does-delivery-optimization-handle-vpns) @@ -130,6 +131,11 @@ sections: - question: How does Delivery Optimization determine which content is available for peering? answer: | Delivery Optimization uses the cache content on the device to determine what's available for peering. For the upload source device, there's a limited number (4) of slots for cached content that's available for peering at a given time. Delivery Optimization contains logic that rotates the cached content in those slots. + - question: Where does Delivery Optimization get content from first? + answer: | + When Delivery Optimization client is configured to use peers and Microsoft Connected Cache (MCC) the client connects to both MCC and peers in parallel. There is no prioritization between the two. Once downloading starts in parallel Delivery Optimization + will taper off requests to the HTTP source (CDN or MCC) as and when the peer connections are able to reach the target download speed. For background downloads, we will drop HTTP connections if peers are meeting the minimum QoS speed. To manage delaying the default behavior + there are a collection of policies that can be used. For more information see [Delivery Optimization delay policies](waas-delivery-optimization-reference.md#policies-to-prioritize-the-use-of-peer-to-peer-and-cache-server-sources). - question: Does Delivery Optimization use multicast? answer: | No. It relies on the cloud service for peer discovery, resulting in a list of peers and their IP addresses. Client devices then connect to their peers to obtain download files over TCP/IP. diff --git a/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-reference.md b/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-reference.md index f43982a7c56..a8f8a4b5177 100644 --- a/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-reference.md +++ b/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-reference.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ appliesto: - ✅ Windows 11 - ✅ Windows 10 - ✅ Delivery Optimization -ms.date: 05/23/2024 +ms.date: 10/15/2024 --- # Delivery Optimization reference @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ When Delivery Optimization client is configured to use peers and Microsoft Conne ##### Microsoft Connected Cache (MCC) delay fallback settings - [Delay foreground download cache server fallback (in secs)](#delay-foreground-download-cache-server-fallback-in-secs) allows you to delay the use of an HTTP source in a foreground (interactive) download that is allowed to use a cache server. -- [Delay background download from HTTP (in secs)](#delay-background-download-from-http-in-secs) allows you to delay the use of an HTTP source in a background download that is allowed to use a cache server. +- [Delay background download cache server fallback (in secs)](#delay-background-download-cache-server-fallback-in-secs) allows you to delay the use of an HTTP source in a background download that is allowed to use a cache server. **If both peer-to-peer and MCC are configured, the peer-to-peer delay settings will take precedence over the cache server delay settings.** This setting allows Delivery Optimization to discover peers first then recognize the fallback setting for the MCC cache server. @@ -245,13 +245,13 @@ The default behaviors differ between Windows 10 and Windows 11. In Windows 10, t MDM Setting: **DODelayForegroundDownloadFromHttp** -Starting in Windows 10, version 1803, allows you to delay the use of an HTTP source in a foreground (interactive) download that is allowed to use peer-to-peer. The maximum value is 4294967295 seconds. **By default, this policy isn't configured.** +Starting in Windows 10, version 1803, allows you to delay the use of an HTTP source in a foreground (interactive) download that is allowed to use peer-to-peer. **By default, this policy isn't configured.** ### Delay background download from HTTP (in secs) MDM Setting: **DODelayBackgroundDownloadFromHttp** -Starting in Windows 10, version 1803, this allows you to delay the use of an HTTP source in a background download that is allowed to use peer-to-peer. The maximum value is 4294967295 seconds. **By default, this policy isn't configured.** +Starting in Windows 10, version 1803, this allows you to delay the use of an HTTP source in a background download that is allowed to use peer-to-peer. **By default, this policy isn't configured.** ### Delay foreground download cache server fallback (in secs) From 731b18740a9a73e37ea43ab44e16e83f945066c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "[cmknox]" <[cmknox@gmail.com]> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:45:33 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] fix syntax --- windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml b/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml index 72721d33387..3dc3c55b640 100644 --- a/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml +++ b/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ summary: | **Peer-to-peer related questions**: - [How does Delivery Optimization determine which content is available for peering?](#how-does-delivery-optimization-determine-which-content-is-available-for-peering) - - [Where does Delivery Optimization get content from first?](#where-delivery-optimization-gets-content-from-first) + - [Where does Delivery Optimization get content from first?](#where-does-delivery-optimization-get-content-from-first) - [Does Delivery Optimization use multicast?](#does-delivery-optimization-use-multicast) - [How does Delivery Optimization deal with congestion on the router from peer-to-peer activity on the LAN?](#how-does-delivery-optimization-deal-with-congestion-on-the-router-from-peer-to-peer-activity-on-the-lan) - [How does Delivery Optimization handle VPNs?](#how-does-delivery-optimization-handle-vpns) From ec2c777f392a1daa35d59d36301eede90939fdd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "[cmknox]" <[cmknox@gmail.com]> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 12:53:59 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Sentence correction --- windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml b/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml index ccd218065b2..9e207445cce 100644 --- a/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml +++ b/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ sections: - question: Where does Delivery Optimization get content from first? answer: | When Delivery Optimization client is configured to use peers and Microsoft Connected Cache (MCC) the client connects to both MCC and peers in parallel. There is no prioritization between the two. Once downloading starts in parallel Delivery Optimization - will taper off requests to the HTTP source (CDN or MCC) as and when the peer connections are able to reach the target download speed. For background downloads, we will drop HTTP connections if peers are meeting the minimum QoS speed. To manage delaying the default behavior + will taper off requests to the HTTP source (CDN or MCC) when the peer connections are able to reach the target download speed. For background downloads, Delivery Optimization will drop HTTP connections if peers are meeting the minimum QoS speed. To manage delaying the default behavior there are a collection of policies that can be used. For more information see [Delivery Optimization delay policies](waas-delivery-optimization-reference.md#policies-to-prioritize-the-use-of-peer-to-peer-and-cache-server-sources). - question: Does Delivery Optimization use multicast? answer: | From 4b9d995cb3a02f19b963b76660295438bd5c0cfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carmen Forsmann Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:57:45 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Update windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml Co-authored-by: Meghan Stewart <33289333+mestew@users.noreply.github.com> --- windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml b/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml index 9e207445cce..02e5f05971c 100644 --- a/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml +++ b/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ sections: answer: | When Delivery Optimization client is configured to use peers and Microsoft Connected Cache (MCC) the client connects to both MCC and peers in parallel. There is no prioritization between the two. Once downloading starts in parallel Delivery Optimization will taper off requests to the HTTP source (CDN or MCC) when the peer connections are able to reach the target download speed. For background downloads, Delivery Optimization will drop HTTP connections if peers are meeting the minimum QoS speed. To manage delaying the default behavior - there are a collection of policies that can be used. For more information see [Delivery Optimization delay policies](waas-delivery-optimization-reference.md#policies-to-prioritize-the-use-of-peer-to-peer-and-cache-server-sources). + there are a collection of policies that can be used. For more information, see [Delivery Optimization delay policies](waas-delivery-optimization-reference.md#policies-to-prioritize-the-use-of-peer-to-peer-and-cache-server-sources). - question: Does Delivery Optimization use multicast? answer: | No. It relies on the cloud service for peer discovery, resulting in a list of peers and their IP addresses. Client devices then connect to their peers to obtain download files over TCP/IP. From 4c583d9a04628da9f1997af112cf09f29c02b75f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carmen Forsmann Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:58:08 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Update windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml Co-authored-by: Meghan Stewart <33289333+mestew@users.noreply.github.com> --- windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml b/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml index 02e5f05971c..cda14c3e5eb 100644 --- a/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml +++ b/windows/deployment/do/waas-delivery-optimization-faq.yml @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ sections: Delivery Optimization uses the cache content on the device to determine what's available for peering. For the upload source device, there's a limited number (4) of slots for cached content that's available for peering at a given time. Delivery Optimization contains logic that rotates the cached content in those slots. - question: Where does Delivery Optimization get content from first? answer: | - When Delivery Optimization client is configured to use peers and Microsoft Connected Cache (MCC) the client connects to both MCC and peers in parallel. There is no prioritization between the two. Once downloading starts in parallel Delivery Optimization + When Delivery Optimization client is configured to use peers and Microsoft Connected Cache (MCC), the client connects to both MCC and peers in parallel. There is no prioritization between the two. Once downloading starts in parallel, Delivery Optimization will taper off requests to the HTTP source (CDN or MCC) when the peer connections are able to reach the target download speed. For background downloads, Delivery Optimization will drop HTTP connections if peers are meeting the minimum QoS speed. To manage delaying the default behavior there are a collection of policies that can be used. For more information, see [Delivery Optimization delay policies](waas-delivery-optimization-reference.md#policies-to-prioritize-the-use-of-peer-to-peer-and-cache-server-sources). - question: Does Delivery Optimization use multicast?