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    Hi all,

    I need to enable BranchCache on about 2000 shares, is there a way to do it using powershell, Netsh or .NET so I can script it  ?

    Thanks,

    Adam

    Thursday, September 5, 2013 11:19 AM

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    Hi Adam -

    I've received the following suggestions:

    "I think that you could use Set-SmbShare –CachingMode BranchCache to do what you’re looking for.

    In terms of the script to do this for two thousand shares… that’s another challenge.

    The documentation is currently somewhat incorrect: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj635727.aspx

    It states that it doesn’t take any input objects, but I’m pretty sure that you can pipe in a list of shares.
    So… this should work to set BranchCache on all shares on the local system.

    Get-SmbShare | Set-SmbShare –CachingMode BranchCache

    You could tweak the Get-SmbShare part to filter out the shares you want."

    Hope that helps, thanks -

    James McIllece

    • Marked as answer by Adam Cooperman Saturday, September 7, 2013 1:33 PM
    Friday, September 6, 2013 8:12 PM

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    I'm not certain whether you can do this, but the following references may be of assistance in determining whether it's possible:

    BranchCache Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell

    http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh848392.aspx

    SMB Share Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj635726.aspx

    Thanks -

    James McIllece

    Thursday, September 5, 2013 10:44 PM
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    I have previously seen both of these documents, I could not find any suitable commands for enabling BranchCache.

    I also cannot see anywhere within the win32_Share namespace that would be useful.

    Any other ideas or hints would be greatly appreciated.

    Adam

    Friday, September 6, 2013 7:34 AM
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    I'm investigating this and will follow up if I find anything out for you.

    Thanks -

    James McIllece

    Friday, September 6, 2013 6:50 PM
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    Hi Adam -

    I've received the following suggestions:

    "I think that you could use Set-SmbShare –CachingMode BranchCache to do what you’re looking for.

    In terms of the script to do this for two thousand shares… that’s another challenge.

    The documentation is currently somewhat incorrect: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj635727.aspx

    It states that it doesn’t take any input objects, but I’m pretty sure that you can pipe in a list of shares.
    So… this should work to set BranchCache on all shares on the local system.

    Get-SmbShare | Set-SmbShare –CachingMode BranchCache

    You could tweak the Get-SmbShare part to filter out the shares you want."

    Hope that helps, thanks -

    James McIllece

    • Marked as answer by Adam Cooperman Saturday, September 7, 2013 1:33 PM
    Friday, September 6, 2013 8:12 PM
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    All I needed was the -CachingMode BranchCache :) Thanks a bunch.
    Saturday, September 7, 2013 1:33 PM