Certificate procedure – Step 3: Issuing the certificate

Now that we have created our certificate request, we’ll be issuing it ourselves with our Certification Authority (CA) for testing purposes.

A very quick and simple process:
1. Open the Certification Authority console and browse to Pending Certificates. Once there, right click on the certificate and under “all tasks” choose Issue.

2. Then, go to Issued Certificates, right click on the issued certificate and click on “Copy to file” to save the certificate to a safe location.


Post series:
1. Certificate procedure for Push Mail with Exchange 2003 SP2 and ISA 2006
2. Certificate procedure - Step 1: Creating a certificate request
3. Certificate procedure – Step 2: Request a certificate
4. Certificate procedure – Step 3: Issuing the certificate
5. Certificate procedure – Step 4: Assign the certificate to your website in IIS
6. Certificate procedure – Step 5: Export the private key and store in a safe location