Creating and deploying Windows Firewall policies for Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager

When it comes to Firewall, System Center Endpoint Protection has no built-in firewall of its own; it mostly relies on Windows Firewall doing the job. Now, you might think the Windows Firewall is not good enough to protect your computers. With Windows XP, and even Windows 7, it is true that the firewall was maybe not top-notch and had room for improvement, but when Microsoft released the new platform Windows 8, and from there on up, it was a whole new matter. These systems included a brand-new Firewall with more advanced features, which has just kept improving as it has evolved.

That said, System Center Endpoint Protection has its own built-in features, ...

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