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Change network profile on Windows Server 2016

Network pofile change can be done using powershell

PS C:\> Get-NetConnectionProfile


Name             : Network
InterfaceAlias   : Ethernet0 2
InterfaceIndex   : 5
NetworkCategory  : Private
IPv4Connectivity : Internet
IPv6Connectivity : NoTraffic

Set-NetConnectionProfile -InterfaceIndex 5 -NetworkCategory DomainAuthenticated

Set-NetConnectionProfile : Unable to set NetworkCategory to 'DomainAuthenticated'.  This NetworkCategory type will be
set automatically when authenticated to a domain network.

In my case Restarting Network Location Awareness service helped and profile reverted back to DomainAuthenticated

# set firewall to disabled 
Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled False
# restart NLA service 
Get-Service -Name NLASvc  | Restart-Service -Force 

PS C:\> Get-NetConnectionProfile


Name             : mydomain.local
InterfaceAlias   : Ethernet0 2
InterfaceIndex   : 5
NetworkCategory  : DomainAuthenticated
IPv4Connectivity : Internet
IPv6Connectivity : NoTraffic

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