{"id":1412,"date":"2024-12-02T18:26:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T18:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2024-12-02T18:35:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T18:35:58","slug":"how-to-change-rdp-port-in-windows-server-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/how-to-change-rdp-port-in-windows-server-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change RDP Port in Windows Server 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1412\" class=\"elementor elementor-1412\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c610e55 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c610e55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82badae e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"82badae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ab296b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ab296b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)&#8217;s default port is TCP 3389. The TermService (Remote Desktop Services) listens on port 3389 once you enable RDP in Windows. To enhance system security, it is recommended to modify the default port.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b48eba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b48eba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Procedures<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-231beee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"231beee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-secondary );font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );text-align: var(--text-align);letter-spacing: 0px\">1. <\/span>Click <strong>Start<\/strong> then search for <strong>Windows PowerShell<\/strong> and then <strong>Run As Administrator.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0271d25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0271d25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture6-1024x611.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1414\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture6-1024x611.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture6-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture6-768x458.png 768w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture6.png 1254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b376f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b376f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2. Run the below command to change the default port. In this example, we will change it to port 5555.<\/p><p><strong><em>Set-ItemProperty -Path &#8220;HKLM:\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Terminal Server\\WinStations\\RDP-Tcp\\&#8221; -Name PortNumber -Value 5555<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35d2755 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35d2755\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture7.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1415\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture7.png 547w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture7-300x249.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc0ad0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc0ad0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>3. If the Firewall is <strong>enable<\/strong>, we are unable to reach our server, and the port does not change immediately. For the changes to take effect, go to <strong>Start<\/strong>, then <strong>Control Panel<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02334bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"02334bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture8.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1416\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture8.png 547w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture8-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f33786 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f33786\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>4. In the Control Panel click <strong>\u201cSystem and Security\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e95981b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e95981b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture9.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1417\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture9.png 496w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture9-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dab4007 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dab4007\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>5. Enter Click on <strong>Windows Defender Firewall<\/strong> then <strong>Advanced Settings.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0798a06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0798a06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture10.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1418\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture10.png 547w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture10-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-248cc9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"248cc9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>6. On the left panel click on <strong>Inbound Rules<\/strong> and then on the right panel click on <strong>New Rule<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aa0581 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2aa0581\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture11.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1419\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture11.png 547w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture11-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d73ec5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d73ec5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>7. A dialogue box will pop out. Tick on <strong>Port<\/strong> and then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d783de5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d783de5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture12.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1420\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture12.png 547w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture12-300x243.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ada96d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ada96d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>8. On the next page, specify the port \u201c5555\u201d that we used on the windows powershell.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c24a44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c24a44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture13.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1421\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture13.png 502w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture13-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edd3fea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edd3fea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>9. Leave everything as default on the next page aside from the <strong>Name<\/strong> field. Give your new rule a name. In this case, <strong>myRDP<\/strong>, then click <strong>Finish<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f7ebc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f7ebc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture14.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1422\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture14.png 547w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture14-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3855e5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3855e5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>10. Restart the RDP services for changes to take effect. Go to <strong>Start<\/strong> and search for <strong>Services<\/strong>. The RDP should now using the new port 5555.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f10cf5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f10cf5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture15.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1423\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture15.png 506w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Picture15-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)&#8217;s default port is TCP 3389. The TermService (Remote Desktop Services) listens on port 3389 once you enable RDP in Windows. To enhance system security, it is recommended to modify the default port. \/*! elementor &#8211; v3.19.0 &#8211; 07-02-2024 *\/ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]&gt;a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px} Procedures 1. 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