Delivery Optimization

There are many configuration options you can set in Delivery Optimization to customize the content delivery experience specific to your environment needs. This article summarizes the configurations that are most commonly used for student and teacher devices.

Windows Delivery Optimization helps you get Windows updates and Microsoft Store apps more quickly and reliably. It works by letting you get Windows updates and Microsoft Store apps from sources in addition to Microsoft, like other PCs on your local network, or PCs on the internet that are downloading the same files. Delivery Optimization also sends updates and apps from your PC to other PCs on your local network or PCs on the internet, based on your settings. Sharing this data between PCs helps reduce the internet bandwidth that's needed to keep more than one device up to date or can make downloads more successful if you have a limited or unreliable internet connection. Delivery Optimization creates a local cache, and stores files that it has downloaded in that cache for a short period of time.

To learn more, see:

• Use the settings catalog to configure settings on Windows, iOS/iPadOS, and macOS devices
• Delivery Optimization reference
• YouTube: Delivery Optimization

Tip

When creating a settings catalog profile in the Microsoft Intune admin center, you can copy a policy name from this article and paste it into the settings picker search field to find the desired policy.

Settings

Category	Name	Value	Notes	CSP
Delivery Optimization	DO Delay Background Download From Http	3600	1 hour in seconds. After the max delay is reached, the download will resume using HTTP, either downloading the entire payload or complementing the bytes that couldn't be downloaded from Peers.	DODelayBackgroundDownloadFromHttp
Delivery Optimization	DO Download Mode	HTTP blended with peering behind the same NAT.	Delivery Optimization enables peer sharing on the same network between clients that connect to the Internet using the same public IP.	DODownloadMode
Delivery Optimization	DO Max Cache Age	1209600	14 days in seconds. Specifies the maximum time in seconds that each file is held in the Delivery Optimization cache after downloading successfully.	DOMaxCacheAge
Delivery Optimization	DO Min Disk Size Allowed To Peer	100	Specifies the required minimum disk size (capacity in GB) for the device to use Peer Caching. Recommended values: 64 GB to 256 GB.Adjust as necessary according to your hardware.	DOMinDiskSizeAllowedToPeer
Delivery Optimization	DO Min File Size To Cache	5	Specifies the minimum content file size in MB enabled to use Peer Caching.	DOMinFileSizeToCache
Delivery Optimization	DO Min RAM Allowed To Peer	2	Specifies the minimum RAM size in GB required to use Peer Caching.	DOMinRAMAllowedToPeer
Delivery Optimization	DO Restrict Peer selection By	Subnet mask	Set this policy to restrict peer selection	DORestrictPeerSelectionBy

Create policy using Graph Explorer

Use Graph to create the settings catalog policy in your tenant without assignments or scope tags.

This will create a policy in your tenant with the name _MSLearn_Example_CommonEDU - Windows - Delivery Optimization.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/deviceManagement/configurationPolicies
Content-Type: application/json

{"name":"_MSLearn_Example_CommonEDU - Windows - Delivery Optimization","description":"https://aka.ms/ManageEduDevices","platforms":"windows10","technologies":"mdm","roleScopeTagIds":["0"],"settings":[{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSetting","settingInstance":{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSimpleSettingInstance","settingDefinitionId":"device_vendor_msft_policy_config_deliveryoptimization_dodelaybackgrounddownloadfromhttp","simpleSettingValue":{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationIntegerSettingValue","value":3600}}},{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSetting","settingInstance":{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationChoiceSettingInstance","settingDefinitionId":"device_vendor_msft_policy_config_deliveryoptimization_dodownloadmode","choiceSettingValue":{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationChoiceSettingValue","value":"device_vendor_msft_policy_config_deliveryoptimization_dodownloadmode_1","children":[]}}},{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSetting","settingInstance":{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSimpleSettingInstance","settingDefinitionId":"device_vendor_msft_policy_config_deliveryoptimization_domaxcacheage","simpleSettingValue":{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationIntegerSettingValue","value":1209600}}},{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSetting","settingInstance":{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSimpleSettingInstance","settingDefinitionId":"device_vendor_msft_policy_config_deliveryoptimization_domindisksizeallowedtopeer","simpleSettingValue":{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationIntegerSettingValue","value":100}}},{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSetting","settingInstance":{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSimpleSettingInstance","settingDefinitionId":"device_vendor_msft_policy_config_deliveryoptimization_dominfilesizetocache","simpleSettingValue":{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationIntegerSettingValue","value":5}}},{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSetting","settingInstance":{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSimpleSettingInstance","settingDefinitionId":"device_vendor_msft_policy_config_deliveryoptimization_dominramallowedtopeer","simpleSettingValue":{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationIntegerSettingValue","value":2}}},{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationSetting","settingInstance":{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationChoiceSettingInstance","settingDefinitionId":"device_vendor_msft_policy_config_deliveryoptimization_dorestrictpeerselectionby","choiceSettingValue":{"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationChoiceSettingValue","value":"device_vendor_msft_policy_config_deliveryoptimization_dorestrictpeerselectionby_1","children":[]}}}]}

1. Click Try it to open Graph Explorer.
2. Once Graph Explorer is open, select the user icon in the top right to sign-in and sign in with your Intune administrator organizational account.
3. Click Run query to create the policy in your tenant.

   Tip

   If it's the first time using Graph Explorer, you may need to authorize the application to access your tenant or to modify the existing permissions. This graph call requires DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All permissions. You can grant the required permissions by selecting modify permissions and then selecting Consent.

4. The policy is created in your tenant and can be edited to meet your requirements before assigning to groups.