I have created an Inbound rule to block port number 1433 however I need to allow my static ip address to access this as I use SQL Management Studio to connect to databases on the server.
I have tried adding my ip address to the "Scope – Remote IP addresses" but it does not seem to work. Am I missing something here, maybe I need to add some sort of rule for SQL Management Studio on the server, or is this just not possible?
Best Answer
Microsoft's firewall have some sort of "automatic rules order management": most specific rules have priority.
In other words, if you have a "general" blocking rule and a "specific" allowing rule, then your allowing rule have better priority, so the paquets pass.
So just add a rule to allow your computer to reach the server.