Windows Defender Firewall: Protect all network connections

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

Turns on Windows Defender Firewall. If you enable this policy setting, Windows Defender Firewall runs and ignores the "Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Network\Network Connections\Prohibit use of Internet Connection Firewall on your DNS domain network" policy setting. If you disable this policy setting, Windows Defender Firewall does not run. This is the only way to ensure that Windows Defender Firewall does not run and administrators who log on locally cannot start it. If you do not configure this policy setting, administrators can use the Windows Defender Firewall component in Control Panel to turn Windows Defender Firewall on or off, unless the "Prohibit use of Internet Connection Firewall on your DNS domain network" policy setting overrides.

This policy has no additional user input fields.

• Computer
  Windows Defender Firewall: Allow ICMP exceptions

  At least Windows XP Professional with SP2
• Computer
  Windows Defender Firewall: Allow inbound file and printer sharing exception

  At least Windows XP Professional with SP2
• Computer
  Windows Defender Firewall: Allow inbound remote administration exception

  At least Windows XP Professional with SP2
• Computer
  Windows Defender Firewall: Allow inbound Remote Desktop exceptions

  At least Windows XP Professional with SP2
• Computer
  Windows Defender Firewall: Allow inbound UPnP framework exceptions

  At least Windows XP Professional with SP2
• Computer
  Windows Defender Firewall: Allow local port exceptions

  At least Windows XP Professional with SP2
• Computer
  Windows Defender Firewall: Allow local program exceptions

  At least Windows XP Professional with SP2