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What about using group policy?
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This though crossed my mind as well though we have alot of exceptions and we would need to be very carefull if we went down this route. &nbsp;I think our team would quickly veto this route. &nbsp;Was king of wondering what the inustry standard was. &nbsp;Though doing this via gpo would be a good exercise. &nbsp;Can we simply Export the Policy, save it somewhere then simply import it. &nbsp;Sorry for the the silly question. &nbsp;I'll test this out. &nbsp;Thanks *
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This though crossed my mind as well though we have alot of exceptions and we would need to be very carefull if we went down this route.  I think our team would quickly veto this route.  Was king of wondering what the inustry standard was.  Though doing this via gpo would be a good exercise.  Can we simply Export the Policy, save it somewhere then simply import it.  Sorry for the the silly question.  I'll test this out.  Thanks *

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I'll give this a shot, looking for a good approach and this would def force us into compliance
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I'll give this a shot, looking for a good approach and this would def force us into compliance

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Other than via template or image is there a way to centrally manage 2008 R2 firewall rules for all 2008 R2 Servers
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Other than via template or image is there a way to centrally manage 2008 R2 firewall rules for all 2008 R2 Servers

Inbound and Outbound firewall rules

Software firewalls, also known as host-based firewalls, provide a layer of software on one host that controls network traffic in and out of that single machine. Most operating systems now include firewall software, but many available software firewalls include central distribution, antivirus systems and disaster recovery.

Software Firewalls

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.