How to add a program exception to Windows Firewall for SQL Server

Every now and then when installing a new instance of SQL Server you may want to connect to it from other machines via Management Studio.  Here are the instructions on how to do that.  

(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc646023.aspx)

To add a program exception to the firewall using the Windows Firewall item in Control Panel.

1. On the Exceptions tab of the Windows Firewall item in Control Panel, click Add a program.
2. Browse to the location of the instance of SQL Server that you want to allow through the firewall, for example C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.\MSSQL\Binn, select sqlservr.exe, and then click Open.
3. Click OK.