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Change network from public to private on Windows Server 2016

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  1. Open Powershell
  2. Type Get-NetConnectionProfile
    Image showing Powershell to get the current network profile
  3. If you have only one network connection you can change the profile to private by typing: 
    Get-NetConnectionProfile | Set-NetConnectionProfile -NetworkCategory Private

    Image showing how to change network profile on Windows Server 2016 from Public to Private

  4. If you have multiple network interfaces and would like to change a specific adapter use the Interface Index Property like this: 
    Set-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceIndex 3 -NetworkCategory Private
  5. You can then verify the change has taken place by running Get-NetConnectionProfile again:
    Image showing Windows Server 2016 Network Connection with a Private Profile

How to change network profile to public

The same command also works to switch back to a public profile

Set-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceIndex 3 -NetworkCategory  Public

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  1. roman shimanovsky says

    thank you for this tip. I have two almost identical Win2016 Server VMs, with similarly configured firewalls. The only difference in network settings was that one VM was Public and the other was Private; I have no idea how it got set up this way.
    I was able to connect with Oracle tools from a remote host only to VM with Public network.
    Changing network from Private to Public resolved Oracle connection problem from remote hosts on the second VM.

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