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Good day,<br />
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I am having WAN bandwidth issue and have been exploring deploying Branche Cache using a head office file server with 2008 R2 and a branch office file server also using 2008 R2. <br />
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If I implement Hosted Banch Cache on the 2 file servers, do the client PC's also need to be running Windows 7? Or by using the Hosted configuration on the servers do I skip the Windows 7 requirement?<br />
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I have read the branch Cache deployment white paper but it is not clear if the client computers need to be configured to use a Hosted Cahce server, and if it is restricted to Windows 7 PCs only.<br />
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There is a VPN between the 2 sites that uses split tunelling.<br />
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There is a heavy amount of collaboration between the 2 sites so I have not implemented DFSR for fear of files being overwritten.<br />
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TIA!<br />
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Good day,

I am having WAN bandwidth issue and have been exploring deploying Branche Cache using a head office file server with 2008 R2 and a branch office file server also using 2008 R2. 

If I implement Hosted Banch Cache on the 2 file servers, do the client PC's also need to be running Windows 7? Or by using the Hosted configuration on the servers do I skip the Windows 7 requirement?

I have read the branch Cache deployment white paper but it is not clear if the client computers need to be configured to use a Hosted Cahce server, and if it is restricted to Windows 7 PCs only.

There is a VPN between the 2 sites that uses split tunelling.


There is a heavy amount of collaboration between the 2 sites so I have not implemented DFSR for fear of files being overwritten.

TIA!



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