Microsoft 365 Endpoint Administrator Associate MD-102 Practice Question
A Windows 11 laptop is targeted by two Intune endpoint security firewall policies. Each policy includes a rule that has the same Group and Rule name, targets the same protocol and local port, and applies to all profiles. Policy A's rule allows the traffic, while Policy B's rule blocks the traffic. Policy A is assigned a higher priority than Policy B (lower numeric value). After the policies are applied, which action will Windows Defender Firewall enforce for the matching traffic?
Neither rule is applied; Windows reverts to the default firewall profile settings for the traffic.
Both rules are applied and Windows randomly chooses which one to enforce at runtime.
The traffic is blocked because a block rule overrides an equally specific allow rule, independent of policy assignment priority.
The traffic is allowed because the rule in the higher-priority policy (Policy A) overrides duplicates from lower-priority policies.
When multiple Intune firewall policies reach a device, Windows merges the rules and then applies Windows Defender Firewall precedence. If two rules are equally specific, a block rule takes precedence over an allow rule, regardless of the assignment priority of the Intune policies that delivered the rules. Because Policy B contains a block rule that is as specific as Policy A's allow rule, Windows Defender Firewall blocks the traffic.
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