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Microsoft Exchange 2013

Microsoft Exchange 2013 CSR Generation

Create your CSR with the New Exchange Certificate Wizard
 

  1. Access the Exchange Admin Center by opening a browser and browsing to https://localhost/ecp

  2. Login using Domain\\user name as the format for the user name and enter your password.

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  3. Click the link to Servers in the left column, then Certificates at the top right, then the + symbol.

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  4. The 'new exchange certificate' wizard will appear in a pop-up window

  5. Choose 'Create a request for a certificate from a certification authority'

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  6. In the friendly name field, enter a name by which you will remember this certificate in the future.

    —This name is not an integral part of your certificate request.

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  7. You can check the box and enter the root domain name if you will be generating the CSR for a wildcard. Otherwise, just go to the next screen.

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  8. Hit Browse to choose which server you want to store the certificate request on.

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  9. If you are doing a wildcard cert, you will skip this step. From the list, select the services which you plan on running securely by using Ctrl+Click to highlight the services.

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    At the next screen, you will be able to review a list of the names which Exchange 2013 suggests you include in your certificate request.

    —Review those names and add any extra names by using the + button.

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  10. Your Organization name should be the full legal name of your company.

    —Your Department name is your department within the organization.

    —If you do not have a state/province, enter the city information again.

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  11. Enter a network share path to save the CSR to your computer as a .req file, then Finish.

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  12. You should now be able to open the CSR with notepad or wordpad. You should copy the entire body of that file into the online order process.