2.5.4.3.3.2 System Assumptions and Preconditions
The following preconditions have to be satisfied for Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) metadata retrieval to operate successfully:
Preconditions: The content client and content server computers are configured to use content caching. The client is configured with the network address of the content server. A website with a file has been created on the content server with caching support enabled.
System availability: Content (BranchCache) caching is installed and enabled on all the computers involved.
Domain configuration: In a domain configuration, clients and servers have access to directory services that are provided by the domain.
Note Domain configuration is not a requirement.
Authentication services: Authentication services, as described in [MS-AUTHSOD], are available to all clients and servers.
Network configuration: For system components that are running on different computers to communicate, the network services and infrastructure are functional and correctly configured.