How to migrate WIndows Server 2008 firewall exceptions to a new environment?

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How to migrate Windows Server 2008 (and Windows 7) firewall exceptions to a new environment?

Specifically:

SQL Server
Subversion
remote access?

Is if possible to use scripts like powershell?

Thanks!

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 27 '10 at 15:12

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wf.msc allows remote management of Windows Firewall running on other computers. You could connect and then use copy/paste to paste rules to the remote machine.

The easier alternative though is to use Windows Firewall's import/export feature (either via wf.msc or through netsh: "netsh advfirewall export c:\somedir\rules.wfw").

answered Feb 27 '10 at 15:12

Which of the alternatives did the trick? Didn't understand how to connect remotely using wf.msc...? – tobefound Apr 01 '11 at 08:03

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 12 '15 at 16:48

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I did an export and import by selecting the rule and clicking copy. I then RDP'd into the other servers, opened Firewall rules and clicked paste. It copied the rule. I also did this with four other servers.

answered Jun 12 '15 at 16:48

SeanKnowes

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This is, at most, a partial answer to the question. The question is how to migrate the entire exception set or chunks of it relating to a piece of software. – Mark Jun 12 '15 at 17:54
+1 - This was all I needed. – NightOwl888 Oct 10 '15 at 02:58

How to migrate WIndows Server 2008 firewall exceptions to a new environment?

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