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- Pearl-Angeles
Community Manager
Thank you everyone, for your participation in this AMA! Here are the questions our panelists answered during the session and associated timestamps:
Question – Can the cache be prepopulated like WSUS so it's available before the client requests it? - answered at 1:04.
Question – It’s exciting that Connected Cache is now generally available! Wince customers have been using this for a while, what does it mean now that it is generally available? – answered at 3:15.
Question – It’s been a while since I’ve looked at Delivery Optimization – what’s in this new space and does Connected Cache replace Delivery Optimization? - answered at 5:35.
Question – Is there any chance that Config Manager distribution points running Connected Cache will be able to report to the Azure portal? - answered at 7:28.
Question - Will this support GCC and GCC high? - answered at 10:42.
Question – In a small office setup, what's the smallest reasonable timeout for devices to wait for MCC? If I set it to several minutes, as was recommended to me, sometimes I see big delays in clients starting to download files in my lab. I wouldn't want my users to experience such delays. Also, is there a good troubleshooting guide to diagnose why MCC might not be working as quickly as expected? - answered at 12:29. Please share more details on your exact scenarios (including what delays you’re seeing).- To share any comments, questions, or get troubleshooting support, we encourage you to join us at our Tech Community space: aka.ms/ConnectedCacheCommunity
- Also, go to our Delivery Optimization troubleshooter aka.ms/DO-fix
Question - Is there any plan to reduce the minimum drive size for Connected Cache? It would be helpful to have a smaller size available for testing this feature in our lab. I've noticed that the Connected Cache setup for Intune sometimes fails due to insufficient space on the drive (C:\). - answered at 17:10
- For release notes, go to aka.ms/MCC-ENT-release-notes
- To share feedback, go to aka.ms/IntuneFeedback
Question – Hi, is it possible to avoid having 3 client request DO content before it starts to be added in the MCC cache? - answered at 21:21.
Question – What is the best way to configure Deliver Optimization clients to use Connected Cache? - answered at 22:34- Go to aka.ms/ConfigureDO for more info on how to use Connected Cache.
Additional resources:- Take a look at this configuration page for Delivery Optimization, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/do/delivery-optimization-configure
- Troubleshooting page for MCC: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/do/mcc-ent-troubleshooting
- Delivery Optimization Troubleshooter - http://aka.ms/do-fix
- Heather_Poulsen
Thanks for joining us today at Tech Community Live! You can continue to post your questions through Friday.
Will there be a way to install MCC Standalone server without requiring an Azure subscription?
The documentation had mentioned : "The Azure resources used for Connected Cache will be free to you during this public preview."
I haven't seen what this will cost now that it's generally available. I don't want to setup a pay as you go account and then start racking up Azure costs unexpectedly.
- Andy_Rivas
Microsoft
Hello! Microsoft Connected Cache is a value add for Windows E3/E5, A3/A5 and there is no way to deploy outside of Azure. That said, there is zero Azure cost for using Connected Cache. Please be aware that Azure may try add some optional services at signup, but nothing paid is required to use Connected Cache.
is there a way to query an MCC server for a KB that would cause it to cache it?
- Andy_Rivas
No. the Microsoft Connected Cache is "transparent" in that it is seeded by client requests, and not through a management platform.
I have been trying to test MCC by putting in Registry settings for GroupID, ServerName downloadmode (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DeliveryOptimization\Config) but i see the source as "SourceURL: http://tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/" shouldnt i be seeing my MCC server in the Source URL?
- Andy_Rivas
Get-DeliveryOptimizationStatus will show:
- SourceURL which is always the CDN. DO forwards this download request to the Microsoft Connected Cache server so it knows where to pull the content from.
- CacheHost : < The Connected Cache server IP or FQDN>
- BytesFromCacheServer : <value>
Can we still using the configmgr boundary group to group ID if we use the stand alone MCC? thks
- Andy_Rivas
Sorry Ian, not possible. ConfigMgr is setting the DOCacheHost to the DP FQDN on the clients. Unless the ConfigMgr DP could have MCC installed side by side on the DP.
- Jason_Sandys
Group IDs are not related to MCC use but instead are related to peer to peer sharing by DO so whether or not you use MCC or which version you use should not in any way limit this ability in ConfigMgr.
Thanks guys!
Is it possible to migrate an MCC configmgr DP to stand alone and if so, how does that work? thks
- Andy_Rivas
Good question Ian. No Migration path for this today, but something we could look at in the future.
- Jason_Sandys
This was answered earlier in the AMA. The answer is no as this wouldn't really offer any specific benefits. Is there something you are looking to avoid by doing this?
It's more to reduce the migration effort/possible issues. If it's just disabling the sccm MMC config and then installing the standalone MMC on the DP (to keep using the same host), then it's ok
I guess the cache content can't be migrated and will have to be cached with future client request, right?
What are the benefits to moving from a configmgr DP MMC enabled to the stand alone MMC?
We have about 50 MMC DPs and would like to know if it makes sense to take the time to do that migration.- Andy_Rivas
Good question Ian. If you are on-prem or co-managed, you should keep using that ConfigMgr deployed MCC. If you are provisioning new devices fully cloud-managed, and still have your ConfigMgr deployed MCC, you can configure them to pull from that MCC, no problems. If you need to decommission your ConfigMgr DPs then that would be a time to move to the "standalone" version. If you need to support a branch office, then standalone will be your deployment of choice.
How about users working from home? How will MCC help with that?
- Jason_Sandys
Enterprise MCC will not. However, many ISPs have deployed versions of MCC within their environment so that they cache content at their level preventing traffic to the Internet for common content (like Windows Updates).
