Policy

Configure H.264/AVC hardware encoding for Remote Desktop Connections

This policy setting lets you enable H.264/AVC hardware encoding support for Remote Desktop Connections. When you enable hardware encoding, if an error occurs, we will attempt to use software encoding. If you disable or do not configure this policy, we will always use software encoding.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Windows
CategoryWindows Components / Remote Desktop Services / Remote Desktop Session Host / Remote Session Environment
Policy ID8dd7152ec222
Internal nameTS_SERVER_AVC_HW_ENCODE_PREFERRED

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services\AVCHardwareEncodePreferred (enabled) = 1
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services\AVCHardwareEncodePreferred (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting lets you enable H.264/AVC hardware encoding support for Remote Desktop Connections. When you enable hardware encoding, if an error occurs, we will attempt to use software encoding. If you disable or do not configure this policy, we will always use software encoding.

Related policies

Allow desktop composition for remote desktop sessionsAlways show desktop on connectionAlways show desktop on connectionConfigure compression for RemoteFX dataConfigure image quality for RemoteFX Adaptive GraphicsConfigure RemoteFX Adaptive GraphicsDo not allow font smoothing