Windows Firewall
Domain and server isolation with IPsec
Use IPsec connection security rules so only authenticated domain computers reach your servers: domain and server isolation, crypto choices, safe rollout.
Advanced
Guides tagged
Use IPsec connection security rules so only authenticated domain computers reach your servers: domain and server isolation, crypto choices, safe rollout.
Lock down WinRM: inventory listeners, enforce Kerberos, block Basic, Digest and CredSSP, add HTTPS listeners, keep TrustedHosts empty and scope the firewall.
Use Windows Defender Firewall as a lateral-movement control: enforce all profiles by GPO, ignore local rules, scope RDP/WinRM/SMB to management subnets and log what matters.
Replace shared local Administrator passwords with Windows LAPS: schema, permissions, Group Policy settings, encryption, retrieval and the checks that prove it works.