![]() ![]() With the introduction of the updated Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager in Windows Server 2008 ( inetmgr.exe) there is actually a very quick, easy, and repeatable method available to handling the majority of certificate request duties. The most common approach is usually to open the MMC and add the Certificates snap-in, which has a few pitfalls to trip up novices as well. Then there is the CLI approach of using certreq.exe with inherent user-unfriendliness as many command-line tools do. A brief glance at any old documentation will show the familiar /certsrv IIS website hosted on a Windows CA, but this process is not as flexible and sometimes (depending on the Windows OS) can prevent advanced options like marking a private key for exportability within a given certificate. Over the years there have been multiple different approaches to generating and managing certificate request, and it seems each has it’s own caveats and limitations. This usually requires that an offline request file is generated and sent to them for submission. ![]() Yet placing the request can become more complicated.Īdditional roadblocks might be that the a different team controls all certificate requests in the environment and online requests are disabled. Often these changes may prevent proper operation of the intended solution, but if only something basic like the name was changed to “Contoso Web Server Cert” then the capabilities of the certificate may still be identical. It is becoming a common practice to harden an internal CA by disabling the default templates and duplicating them with customized names and settings. Most Microsoft server applications (Lync specifically) by default will attempt to utilize the default Web Server template, but sometimes this template is not available. When requesting certificates for servers, applications, or hardware devices most solutions work well when a commonly known certificate template is used to provide the X.509 certificate. The primary function of this article is to serve as a reference guide for submitting offline certificate requests against either a private Windows Enterprise Certificate Authority (CA) or various public third-party certificate authorities. ![]()
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