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title: Open the Group Policy Management Console to Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (Windows 10)
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# Open the Group Policy Management Console to Windows Firewall with Advanced Security

**Applies to**
-   Windows 10
-   Windows Server 2016

Most of the procedures in this guide instruct you to use Group Policy settings for Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.

To open a GPO to Windows Firewall with Advanced Security

1. Open the Group Policy Management console.

2. In the navigation pane, expand **Forest:** *YourForestName*, expand **Domains**, expand *YourDomainName*, expand **Group Policy Objects**, right-click the GPO you want to modify, and then click **Edit**.

3. In the navigation pane of the Group Policy Management Editor, navigate to **Computer Configuration** > **Policies** > **Windows Settings** > **Security Settings** > **Windows Firewall with Advanced Security** > **Windows Firewall with Advanced Security - LDAP://cn={**<em>GUID</em>**},cn=…**.