Limit the sync app upload rate to a percentage of throughput
This setting lets you balance the performance of different upload tasks on a computer by specifying the percentage of the computer's upload throughput that the OneDrive sync app (OneDrive.exe) can use to upload files. Setting this as a percentage lets the sync app respond to both increases and decreases in throughput. The lower the percentage you set, the slower files will upload. We recommend a value of 50% or higher. The sync app will periodically upload without restriction for one minute and then slow down to the upload percentage you set. This lets small files upload quickly while preventing large uploads from dominating the computer's upload throughput.
If you enable this setting, computers will use the percentage of upload throughput that you specify when uploading files to OneDrive, and users will not be able to change it.
If you disable or do not configure this setting, users can choose to limit the upload rate to a fixed value (in KB/second), or set it to "Adjust automatically" which will use 70% of upload throughput to respond to increases and decreases in throughput.
Important: If you enable or disable this setting, and then change it back to Not Configured, the last configuration will remain in effect. We recommend enabling this setting instead of "Limit the sync app upload speed to a fixed rate" to limit the upload rate. You should not enable both settings at the same time.
Select the maximum percentage of bandwidth to take up when uploading files.
Valid values are from 10 - 99.
| Registry Hive | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
| Registry Path | SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\OneDrive |
| Value Name | AutomaticUploadBandwidthPercentage |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Default Value | 70 |
| Min Value | 10 |
| Max Value | 99 |
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- OneDrive
- Allow OneDrive to disable Windows permission inheritance in folders synced read-only
- Allow syncing OneDrive accounts for only specific organizations
- Always use the user's Windows display language when provisioning known folders in OneDrive
- Block file downloads when users are low on disk space
- Block syncing OneDrive accounts for specific organizations
- Cause sync client to ignore normal web proxy detection logic
- Configure team site libraries to sync automatically
- Convert synced team site files to online-only files
- Enable automatic upload bandwidth management for OneDrive
- Exclude specific kinds of files from being uploaded
- Hide the "Deleted files are removed everywhere" reminder
- Limit the sync app upload rate to a percentage of throughput
- Prevent the sync app from generating network traffic until users sign in
- Prevent users from moving their Windows known folders to OneDrive
- Prevent users from redirecting their Windows known folders to their PC
- Prevent users from syncing libraries and folders shared from other organizations
- Prompt users to move Windows known folders to OneDrive
- Prompt users when they delete multiple OneDrive files on their local computer
- Require users to confirm large delete operations
- Set the maximum size of a user's OneDrive that can download automatically
- Set the sync app update ring
- Silently move Windows known folders to OneDrive
- Silently sign in users to the OneDrive sync app with their Windows credentials
- Use OneDrive Files On-Demand
- Warn users who are low on disk space
- OneDrive
- Allow users to choose how to handle Office file sync conflicts
- Always use the user's Windows display language when provisioning known folders in OneDrive
- Coauthor and share in Office desktop apps
- Configure team site libraries to sync automatically
- Continue syncing on metered networks
- Continue syncing when devices have battery saver mode turned on
- Disable the tutorial that appears at the end of OneDrive Setup
- Limit the sync app download speed to a fixed rate
- Limit the sync app upload speed to a fixed rate
- Prevent users from changing the location of their OneDrive folder
- Prevent users from syncing personal OneDrive accounts
- Set the default location for the OneDrive folder