Enable Automatic Hosted Cache Discovery by Service Connection Point: registry value SCPDiscoveryEnabledComputerHKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\PeerDist\HostedCache\Discovery

Policy ID: EnableWindowsBranchCache_HostedCacheDiscovery
Scope: Computer Configuration
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: Network › BranchCache

Registry

SCPDiscoveryEnabled

REG_DWORDComputer

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\PeerDist\HostedCache\Discovery Current key

Enabled value: 1
Disabled value: 0

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\PeerDist\HostedCache\Discovery]

; Options (use only one)
; Enabled
"SCPDiscoveryEnabled"=dword:00000001
; Disabled
"SCPDiscoveryEnabled"=dword:00000000

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

:: Enabled
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\PeerDist\HostedCache\Discovery" /v "SCPDiscoveryEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: Disabled
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\PeerDist\HostedCache\Discovery" /v "SCPDiscoveryEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

PowerShell

# Common: create the key
New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\PeerDist\HostedCache\Discovery' -Force | Out-Null

# Options (use only one)
# Enabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\PeerDist\HostedCache\Discovery' -Name 'SCPDiscoveryEnabled' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null
# Disabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\PeerDist\HostedCache\Discovery' -Name 'SCPDiscoveryEnabled' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null