Managing Windows Firewall with Advanced Security

Windows Firewall with Advanced Security provides a number of ways to implement settings on both local and remote computers. You can configure Windows Firewall with Advanced Security in the following ways:

• Configure a local or remote computer by using either the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security MMC snap-in or the netsh advfirewall command
  
  
• Deploy Windows Firewall with Advanced Security settings using Group Policy by using the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security MMC snap-in through the Group Policy Management Console or by using the netsh advfirewall command
  
  

In this section:

• Order of Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Rules Evaluation
  
  
• Managing a Single Computer with the Snap-in
  
  
• Using the Netsh Advfirewall Command-Line Tool
  
  
• Managing Windows Firewall with Advanced Security by Using Group Policy
  
  
• Monitoring Windows Firewall with Advanced Security