How to Get a Microsoft Authority Certificate

According to Microsoft, specific Certificate Authority is required to perform certain tasks in Microsoft Exchange Server. Among these tasks is Active Directory Replication based on inter-site SMTP, or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

Before you as the user can receive a Certificate Authority, you must ensure that you are listed as View-Only Administrator.

Instructions

How to Get Microsoft Certificate Authority

1. Ensure that you are listed as View-Only Administrator. Open Microsoft Exchange Server on the Start menu under Programs. Select Delegate Controls. Your Exchange Administration delegation wizard will now load.

2. Select Add under "Users or Groups." Select Browse. The "Select Users, Computers, or Groups" dialog box will now load. Select your user name. Select "Exchange View Only Administrator" in the role list. Click OK.

3. Open Exchange Management Shell. Open Microsoft Exchange Server from the Start menu under Programs. Select "Exchange Management Shell," and wait for it to load completely.

4. Run the New-Exchange Certificate command. You will find this code on the Exchange website (See Resources: 1).

5. Select the procedure that is specified by your Certificate Authority. This will send your certificate request to that specific Certificate Authority (see Resources: 2).

References

• Opening Exchange Management Shell
• How to Get Certificate Authority

Resources

• New-Exchange Certificate Command
• Permission Considerations