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Defender Firewall - rules configured in Intune not applying on Win10
I can only confirm I see the same behavior. The policy is applied, I`m able to ping the device. The rule doesn`t shuw op under the inbound rules.
Well, I have found out - through a lot of testing - that the firewall rules that apply to that profile (Domain, Private, Public) is shown in
Windows Defender Firewall... -> Monitoring -> FirewallThat's now the good part...
But sometimes when the rules are applied to a Win-client it reports Error in Intune, but all things seems right at the client..
BillB_Venzo I spent\wasted pretty much my full day today working this out. Finally, i got it working for us.
Our devices are Azure AD joined only. and when I was configuring the firewall rules, I was selecting all the network types (such as DOMAIN, PRIVATE, PUBLIC). Seemed like it didn't like the DOMAIN selection as the device is not joined to any DOMAIN (in a classic sense). When i removed the DOMAIN from the network types, it was successfully applied.
Once successful, your rules should appear in:
Control Panel\System and Security\Windows Defender Firewall\Allowed applications
I still have two issues:
1. Why are these firewall rules not appearing in Advance Settings --> Inbound rules (if it is an inbound rule)
2. In Allowed applications, i saw the rules appearing but the PUBLIC and PRIVATE networks weren't selected.
But when i actually tested the firewall rules (my firewall rule is to allow JAVA.exe) and it works.
- Goodness me. I removed DOMAIN from my rules as well and it started working. Wish I found this tip sooner.
