Certificate Services

Click on Start, Select Administrative Tools. Click on Certification Authority. Use the buttons below to navigate through the lesson The Certification Authority Management Console will appear. Expand the Server CA. Select Issued Certificates to view a list of current list of issued certificates. Right-click on the certificate to be revoked. Select All Tasks > Revoke…

Certificate Services are managed through the Certificate Authority snap-in. Use the buttons below to navigate through the lesson Click Start. Select Administrative Tools. Click Certification Authority. A green tick next to the server indicates that Certificate Services is running on this machine. Expand the server to view its contents. The Revoked Certificates folder holds all…

To install a Windows 2003 machine as a certificate authority, the Add/Remove Programs wizard is used. Click on Start. Use the buttons below to navigate through the lesson Select Control Panel. Double-Click on Add/Remove Programs. Select Add/Remove Windows Components. The Windows Components wizard will appear. Check the box for Certificate Services. A warning box will…

Certificates can be applied for in two different ways: Using the certificates snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). Using a web browser. (N.B. In order to use a web browser the certificate authority must have IIS installed.) Use the buttons below to navigate through the lesson Using the Certificates MMC snap-in Click on Start.…

A template states what the certificate allows the holder to do, e.g. Encrypt files or logon. Use the buttons below to navigate through the lesson Windows Server 2003 comes with several different templates, which can be used to issue different certificates with different attributes. Templates greatly simplify the process of issuing certificates because they keep…