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AMA: Microsoft Connected Cache and Delivery Optimization
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Monday, Jul 28, 2025, 09:30 AM PDTEvent details
Downloading and distributing updates can consume quite a bit of network resources on the devices receiving them. Want to reduce the load on your network? Wondering about the use cases for Microsoft C...
Heather_Poulsen
Updated Jul 31, 2025
damarsetiady
Jul 28, 2025Occasional Reader
Hi Andy and Microsoft team, may I know how the traffic flows? Initially, I intended to restrict incoming traffic from the internet to my MCC server. Based on my understanding, I can configure my firewall to only allow traffic from AS8075. Or do I actually need to allow incoming traffic from anywhere? Please correct me if Iām wrong. I basically work at an IXP with around 700+ ASNs and am looking to add MCC into my network.
- Andy_RivasJul 28, 2025
Microsoft
Hello! This is really an ISP questions and not an enterprise question, but I'll answer it š. There is no way to restrict which CDNs the cache fill will come from today, but something we are looking at implementing in the future.