This guide WILL give you a basic run down of howto setup a Trusted Certificate Server in your LAB Environment.

This guide will NOT provide specific information outside of the sample data on management of the certificates.

This guide assumes that you have first setup Windows Server2008 and configured it for Active Directory.

In a productionenvironment please consult Technet for best practices, see below links:

Active DirectoryCertificate Services Overview (AD CS Win2008+)

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755071.aspx

CertificateServices Overview

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc758473(WS.10).aspx

CertificateServers Best Practices: Public Key

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738786(WS.10).aspx

Installation of Active DirectoryCertificate Services:

Log onto your Domain controller you wish touse as a CA

 

Start "Server Manager"

 

 

 

Select "Add Role"

 

 

 

Click Next

 

 

 

Select "Active Director Certificate Services" Click Next

 

 

 

Select "Certification Authority", "Certification Authority Web Enrolment" and "Certificate Enrolment Policy Web Service" Click Next

 

 

 

Select Enterprise and Click Next

 

 

 

Select "Root CA" and click Next

 

 

Select "Create a new Private Key" and Click Next

 

 

 

Leave as Defaults (or above settings) and Click Next

 

 

 

Configure your CA name as you see fit, Keep in mind that this is the "name" users will see when registering against this Certificate Authority Store.

 

Click Next

 

 

Select your time for the certificates to be valid (default is 5years) and Click Next

 

 

 

Click Next

 

 

 

Select Windows Integrated Authentication and Click Next

 

 

 

Select Choose and Assign a Certificate for SSL Later and Click Next

 

 

 

Click Install

 

 

 

installing ........

 

 

 

Click Close

 

Finished PART 1

 

 

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It seems that the select role service is different.

It seems that the select role service is different.

 

 

 

curious, what OS are you running?

Thanks, the version is below.

 

OS Name: Microsoftr Windows Server 2008 Enterprise

OS Version: 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001

yeah now i think of it that was on an r2 DC.....the roles handle the same mostly, just the friendly name in the selections have changed....

 

will confirm next week....

 

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