Powershell - Open a port on the Firewall

Would you like to learn how to open a TCP port on the Windows Firewall using the Powershell? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to use Powershell to create a firewall rule to open a port on Windows.

• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10
• Windows 7

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Tutorial Firewall - Open a TCP port using Powershell

As an Administrator, start an elevated Powershell command-line.

Create a firewall rule to open a TCP port using Powershell.

Here is the command output:

Verify the created firewall rule.

Here is the command output:

In our example, we created a firewall rule to allow the input on the TCP port 80 using Powershell.

Create a firewall rule to allow the input to multiple TCP ports.

Here is the command output:

Verify the created firewall rule.

Here is the command output:

Tutorial Firewall - Open a UDP port using Powershell

As an Administrator, start an elevated Powershell command-line.

Create a firewall rule to open a UDP port using Powershell.

Here is the command output:

Verify the created firewall rule.

Here is the command output:

In our example, we created a firewall rule to allow the input on the UDP port 53 using Powershell.

Create a firewall rule to allow the input to multiple UDP ports.

Verify the created firewall rule.

Here is the command output: