How to Install and Configure pfSense on Hyper-V Windows

[UPDATED] How to Install and Configure pfSense on Hyper-V Windows YT video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVQFGoUG6II 📌 Overview ✔ pfSense® software is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD specifically tailored for use as a firewall and router that is entirely managed via web interface. In addition to being a powerful, flexible firewalling and routing platform, it includes a long list of related features and a package system allowing further expandability without adding bloat and potential security vulnerabilities to the base distribution. The pfSense project is hosted and developed by Rubicon Communications, LLC (Netgate). ✔ Legal pfSense software is Copyright 2004-2020 Electric Sheep Fencing, LLC. pfSense is a federally registered trademark of Electric Sheep Fencing, LLC. Any unauthorized use of this trademark is prohibited by state and federal law and international treaties. Refer to our Trademark Usage Guidelines for how to properly use the marks. ✔ LICENSE pfSense is open source and distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. 📌 pfSense Features ✔ APPLICATIONS - VPN Server - High Availability - Load Balancing - Traffic Shaping - Captive Portal - UTM Device - Firewall / Router - DNS / DHCP Server - IDS / IPS - Transparent Caching Proxy - Web Content Filter ✔ FEATURES - Firewall and Router • Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) • GeoIP blocking • Anti-Spoofing • Time based rules • Connection limits • Dynamic DNS • Reverse proxy • Captive portal guest network • Supports concurrent IPv4 and IPv6 • NAT mapping (inbound/outbound) • VLAN support (802.1q) • Configurable static routing • IPv6 network prefix translation • IPv6 router advertisements • Multiple IP addresses per interface • DHCP server • DNS forwarding • Wake-on-LAN • PPPoE Server - VPN • IPsec and OpenVPN • Site-to-site and remote access VPN support • SSL encryption • VPN client for multiple operating systems • L2TP/IPsec for mobile devices • Multi-WAN for failover • IPv6 support • Split tunneling • Multiple tunnels • VPN tunnel failover • NAT support • Automatic or custom routing • Local user authentication or RADIUS/LDAP - Intrusion Prevention System • Snort-based packet analyzer • Layer 7 application detection • Multiple rules sources and categories • Emerging threats database • IP blacklist database • Pre-set rule profiles • Per-interface configuration • Suppressing false positive alerts - Enterprise Reliability • Optional multi-node High Availability Clustering • Multi-WAN load balancing • Automatic connection failover • Bandwidth throttling • Traffic shaping wizard • Reserve or restrict bandwidth based on traffic priority - User Authentication • Local user and group database • User and group-based privileges • Optional automatic account expiration • External RADIUS authentication • Automatic lockout after repeated attempts - Proxy and Content Filtering • HTTP and HTTPS proxy • Non Transparent or Transparent caching proxy • Domain/URL filtering • Anti-virus filtering • SafeSearch for search engines • HTTPS URL and content screening • Website access reporting • Domain Name blacklisting (DNSBL) • Usage reporting for daily, monthly, etc. ✔ ADMINISTRATION - Configuration • Web-based configuration • Setup wizard for initial configuration • Remote web-based administration • Customizable dashboard • Easy configuration backup/restore • Configuration export/import • Encrypted automatic backup to Netgate server • Variable level administrative rights • Multi-language support • Simple updates • Forward-compatible configuration - System Security • Web interface security protection • CSRF protection • HTTP Referer enforcement • DNS Rebinding protection • HTTP Strict Transport Security • Frame protection • Optional key-based SSH access - Reporting & Monitoring • Dashboard with configurable widgets • Local logging • Remote logging • Local monitoring graphs