Planning and Architecture
Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Design Guide
This guide helps you design Windows Firewall with Advanced Security settings and rules that meet your goals for network security. Use this guide with the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Deployment Guide during your planning stages. The Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Design Guide answers the "what," "why," and "when" questions before you work on the "how" questions answered in the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Deployment Guide. This document is also available combined with the Deployment Guide as a Word .doc file in the Microsoft Download Center at Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Design and Deployment Guide (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=114659).