How To Create An Exchange Certificate Request?

Asked By Alisha B Stone 60 points N/A Posted on - 06/25/2020

I need an SSL certificate from my Exchange 2016 server for a certification authority. Can anyone tell me the process to create an Exchange certificate request.

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Answered By David.D.eckr 20 points N/A #331529

How To Create An Exchange Certificate Request?

Creating an Exchange certificate request using EAC –

1 – Open Exchange Admin Centre.

2 – Go to Servers -> certificates.

3 – Select your server and click on the + icon on top.

4 – Choose the first option.

5 – Enter a name for your certificate.

6 – You need to choose a server here.

7 – Choose domain names to be included in the certificate.

8 – Enter the required details.

9 – Enter a valid UNC path.

10 – Click finish.

Method 2 – Using Exchange Management Shell

1 – Open PowerShell.

2 – Use this syntax –“ New-ExchangeCertificate -GenerateRequest -RequestFile <FilePathOrUNCPath>\<FileName>.req [-FriendlyName <DescriptiveName>] -SubjectName [C=<CountryOrRegion>,S=<StateOrProvince>,L=<LocalityOrCity>,O=<Organization>,OU=<Department>],CN=<HostNameOrFQDN> [-DomainName <Host1>,<Host2>…] [-BinaryEncoded <$true | $false>] [-KeySize <1024 | 2048 | 4096>] [-Server <ServerIdentity>]”

Make the changes in the field marked with <…> according to your suitability.

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