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In this mode, the P2P connection may be prevented by the domain Group Policy. If a domain-joined Windows Miracast connection attempts fail repeatedly and show the "Couldn't connect" message on the PC, you may need to configure the Microsoft Active Directory Group Policy setting for wireless display. ![connect_failure](https://commercial.screenbeam.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base/Commercial/connect_failure.jpg?width=272&height=202&name=connect_failure.jpg) Under **Group Policy Management Editor** > **Policies** > **Windows Settings** > **Wireless Network (IEEE 802.11) Policies** ### Windows 11/10 client systems - Uncheck **Prevent connections to infrastructure networks** - Check **Allow everyone to create all user profiles** - Uncheck **Don't allow Wi-Fi Direct groups** ### Windows 7 client systems - All settings mentioned above - Uncheck **Don't allow hosted networks** Settings highlighted in green are required for all versions of Windows, settings highlighted in blue are only required for Windows 7. Make sure the new group policy setting is applied to the client systems by opening an administrator command prompt and entering **gpupdate /force**. ![network_permissions](https://commercial.screenbeam.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base/Commercial/network_permissions.jpg?width=518&height=657&name=network_permissions.jpg) Under **Group Policy Management Editor** > **Policies** > **Windows Settings** > **Security Settings > Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security** If the Windows Defender Firewall is enabled through Group Policy and under Windows Firewall Properties for the Public profile, and if the Settings have been Customized such that Apply Local Firewall rules is set to No then Domain PCs will not be able to connect to the ScreenBeam unless a firewall exception is created at the Group Policy level. Peer-to-peer Miracast always uses the Public Profile. The simplest method is to create a Firewall rule in Group Policy to allow all ports/protocols/Public Profile for %systemroot%\\system32\\WUDFHost.exe ![public_profiles](https://commercial.screenbeam.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base/Commercial/public_profiles.jpg?width=415&height=985&name=public_profiles.jpg)   ### If using Miracast over Infrastructure Only applicable to ScreenBeam 1xxx-Series and 960.   Additional Group Policy rule that must be considered. Under **Group Policy Management Editor** > **Policies** **> Administrative Templates > Network > DNS Client** Turn off multicast name resolution must be set to Disabled or Not Configured. 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