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Open Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security (Windows 10) Open Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security 788faff2-0f50-4e43-91f2-3e2595c0b6a1 w10 deploy library security brianlic-msft 08/17/2017

Open Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security

Applies to

  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server 2016

This procedure shows you how to open the Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security console.

Administrative credentials

To complete this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group. For more information, see Additional considerations.

Opening Windows Defender Firewall

To open Windows Defender Firewall using the UI

Click Start, type Windows Defender Firewall, and the press ENTER.

To open Windows Defender Firewall from a command prompt

  1. Open a command prompt window.

  2. At the command prompt, type:

    wf.msc
    

Additional considerations

Although standard users can start the Windows Defender Firewall MMC snap-in, to change most settings the user must be a member of a group with the permissions to modify those settings, such as Administrators.