Configuring and Using Active Directory Certificate Services

After you have deployed your servers, you still need to complete several configurations to begin using them to issue and manage certificates to users and devices. Several activities are required: Use the buttons below to navigate through the lesson To issue and maintain certificates, you must finalize the configuration of your issuing CAs. For your…

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Obtain and Install the Issuing CA Certificate

Now, you will obtain the certificate to complete the installation of the issuing CA. You should normally perform this procedure offline using a removable storage device such as a floppy disk or a USB flash drive, but for the purpose of this exercise, you will use a shared folder to transfer the certificate request and…

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Install AD CS as an Enterprise Issuing CA

Right click Roles. Select Add Roles. Click Next. Select Active Directory Certificate Services and click Next. Click Next. Use the buttons below to navigate through the lesson Select Certification Authority and Online Responder and click Next. When Online Responder is selected Web role services need to be added as well. Click Add required Role Services. Click Next. Select Enterprise and…

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Installing Certificate Services Windows 2008

In most cases, you will install at least a two-tiered structure, installing first a standalone, then an enterprise CA. In larger organizations, you will deploy several tiers and install several servers in each tier except for the root. Servers hosting the AD CS role should be configured with the following capabilities whether they are physical or…

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