How to Add a Custom Firewall Rule in Windows Server 2012
Verified and Tested 03/24/2015
Introduction
In this How-To, we will walk you through Adding a Custom Firewall Rule in Windows Server 2012. We will be adding a custom RDP Port for this tutorial.
Prerequisites
– A Server with Windows Server 2012.
Adding a Custom Firewall Rule
Open Server Manager/ Click on Tools/ Select Windows Firewall with Advance Security/ Select Inbound Rules and click New Rule under actions.Select
Click new rule
Select Custom from the Rule Type radial button and click Next.
Click Custom
Select the Program Association for the Custom Firewall Rule either All programs or the path to a program and click Next.
Choose All Programs
Select TCP for Protocol type/ Select Specific Ports in the Remote port and type your custom RDP Port (I am currently using port 1050 for this tutorial) then click Next
Insert the port you want open, in this case, it is 1050
You can now specify if this rule applies to local IPs or Remote. (I will be leaving this blank so I can access the server from anywhere through the specified port)
Choose the IP’s you want allowed or blocked. In this case, we are keeping everything open.
You can leave the default or select your action and click Next
Choose Allow the connection
You can allow this rule to Domain, Private, and Public or you can specify accordingly.
Choose profiles that you want the rule to use. In this case all.
Type the Name of your rule and you can give it a description if you want, the click Finish.
Name your rule
You will now see that rule on the top of your list.
You can now see your custom rule
Congratulations! You have just Added a Custom Port in Windows Server 2012. Thank you for following along in this How-To feel free to check back with us for any new updates.
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