Windows – What are Ports needed for Active Directory ?

In order to add a machine to the Active Directory (Domain) or to allow you machine to speak with a Domain Controller you will need to open the following ports,

LDAP         – TCP+UDP/389
DNS          – UDP/53
SMB          – UDP/138
SMB          – TCP/445
Kerberos   – UDP/88

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