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IIS7 and Domain SSL Certificates

November 12th, 2008

The process of configuring a SSL certificate has changed between IIS6 and IIS7.
Here is how to create a new AD Domain based SSL certificate and apply it to your virtual site.

Creating the Certificate

Open IIS Manager and select the instance.
Select Server Certificates

Select Create Domain Certificate

Populate the form, remember Common Name is the FQDN for the certificate.

Select your Certification Authority (CA) and fill in Friendly Name (display name)

Assigning the certificate

Open IIS Manager and select the Virtual Site you wish to apply the new certificate to

Click on Bindings

Select the HTTPS binding and click on EDIT

From the dropdown menu SSL Certificate select your new domain certificate and ok it.

Wojtek Active Directory, IIS7, Server 2008, Windows

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