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Qualitative service type

Verified with Windows 11 25H2 — updated on July 30, 2026

Windows 11 25H2

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional

Path in the GPO console

Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Network\QoS Packet Scheduler\Layer-2 priority value

Description

Specifies an alternate link layer (Layer-2) priority value for packets with the Qualitative service type (ServiceTypeQualitative). The Packet Scheduler inserts the corresponding priority value in the Layer-2 header of the packets. If you enable this setting, you can change the default priority value associated with the Qualitative service type. If you disable this setting, the system uses the default priority value of 0. Important: If the Layer-2 priority value for this service type is specified in the registry for a particular network adapter, this setting is ignored when configuring that network adapter.

Registry

HKLM Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched\UserPriorityMapping

More options available

Options

Priority value
ServiceTypeQualitative decimal - range 0-7 - default: 0

MDM / Intune (CSP)

./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_QOS/QosServiceTypeQualitative_PV
Device Since Windows 10, version 2004 with KB5005101 [10.0.19041.1202] and later | Windows 10, version 20H2 with KB5005101 [10.0.19042.1202] and later | Windows 10, version 21H1 with KB5005101 [10.0.19043.1202] and later | Windows 11, version 21H2 [10.0.22000] and later Official mapping (Microsoft Learn)

Microsoft Learn documentation Mapping data: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0)

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These exports write the registry — this is not a managed GPO.

.reg file

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Qualitative service type
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched\UserPriorityMapping]
"ServiceTypeQualitative"=dword:00000000
More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)

PowerShell

# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Qualitative service type
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional

$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched\UserPriorityMapping'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'ServiceTypeQualitative' -Value 0 -Type DWord

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