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title: Group Policy Management of Windows Defender Firewall
description: Group Policy Management of Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security
ms.prod: windows-client
ms.topic: conceptual
ms.date: 09/08/2021
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# Group Policy Management of Windows Defender Firewall
To open a GPO to Windows Defender Firewall:
1. Open the Group Policy Management console.
2. In the navigation pane, expand **Forest:** *YourForestName*, expand **Domains**, expand *YourDomainName*, expand **Group Policy Objects**, right-click the GPO you want to modify, and then click **Edit**.
3. In the navigation pane of the Group Policy Object Editor, navigate to **Computer Configuration** > **Administrative Templates** > **Network** > **Network Connections** > **Windows Defender Firewall**.