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What ports does Virtual Machine Manager use?

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It is very important to know which ports VMM uses.  Especially if you change the default ports on the VMM Server.  Below is a list that I found at Microsoft listing the ports and what they are used for.

Connection type Protocol Default port Where to change the port setting
VMM server to VMM agent on Windows Server–based host (control) WS-Management 80 During VMM setup, registry

VMM server to VMM agent on Windows Server–based host (file transfers)
HTTPS (using BITS)
443 (Maximum value: 32768)
Registry

VMM server to remote Microsoft SQL Server database
TDS
1433
Registry

VMM server to P2V source agent
DCOM
135
Registry

VMM Administrator Console to VMM server
WCF
8100
During VMM setup, registry

VMM Self-Service Portal Web server to VMM server
WCF
8100
During VMM setup

VMM Self-Service Portal to VMM self-service Web server
HTTPS
443
During VMM setup

VMM library server to hosts
BITS
443 (Maximum value: 32768)
During VMM setup, registry

VMM host-to-host file transfer
BITS
443 (Maximum value: 32768)
Registry

VMRC connection to Virtual Server host
VMRC
5900
VMM Administrator Console, registry

VMConnect (RDP) to Hyper-V hosts
RDP
2179
VMM Administrator Console,
registry

Remote Desktop to virtual machines
RDP
3389
Registry

VMware Web Services communication
HTTPS
443
VMM Administrator Console, registry

SFTP file transfer from VMWare ESX Server 3.0 and VMware ESX Server 3.5 hosts
SFTP
22
Registry

SFTP file transfer from VMM server to VMWare ESX Server 3i hosts
HTTPS
443
Registry
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