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Hello,<br />
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We are building a network at rackspace with 2012 windows server. &nbsp;this network will have a DC, SQL and application vms. &nbsp;I am trying figure out the best way to lock these vms down for security. &nbsp;Can someone point me in the right direction to accomplish the following:<br />
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1. DC - only need to have the private network to be able to have incoming connections to this server.<br />
2. SLQ - same as DC<br />
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Each VM comes with an internal network virtual NIC (192.168.4.0) and an external that is public facing. &nbsp;We need to lock down that public facing NIC.<br />
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is it as easy as using the built in policies?
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Hello,

We are building a network at rackspace with 2012 windows server.  this network will have a DC, SQL and application vms.  I am trying figure out the best way to lock these vms down for security.  Can someone point me in the right direction to accomplish the following:

1. DC - only need to have the private network to be able to have incoming connections to this server.
2. SLQ - same as DC

Each VM comes with an internal network virtual NIC (192.168.4.0) and an external that is public facing.  We need to lock down that public facing NIC.

is it as easy as using the built in policies?

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