Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard — How To Install Certificate

Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard — How To Install Certificate

Installing the Certificate Once you have your new certificate verified and downloaded, we can install the certificate. There are a few ways to do this, but I will show you one.

1. Log on to your Small Business Server 2011 server as an administrator

2. Click Start and type mmc , press enter

3. Click File and Add/Remove Snap-in…

4. Find Certificates in the list and choose Add >

5. When prompted, Choose Computer Account and click Finish

6. Leave Local Computer selected and click Finish, then OK.

7. Expand Certificates > Personal >

8. In the Actions Pane, Click More Actions > All Tasks > Import…

9. Locate the certificate that you downloaded and click Next

10. Import the Certificate into the personal store and finish the wizard.

11. Open the Exchange Management Shell as administrator

12. Locate the new certificate by using the Get-ExchangeCertificate command

13. Copy the Thumbprint of the new certificate to your clipboard

14. Issue the command Enable-ExchangeCertificate and hit enter

15. When asked for services, enter IIS, IMAP, POP, SMTP and hit enter. Note the , and space locations.

16. When asked if you want to enable the certificate, enter Y or A to answer the prompt.

Note: I have noticed that many times after downloading the certificate from Godaddy, that the private key is missing. If the private key is missing, then you will likely get an error message at this point and will not be able to continue. There will be an article written on how to fix that as well.

The certificate is now installed and configured. If you need to delete any old certificates, you can use the Get-ExchangeCertificate command to view all installed certificates, copy the thumbprint, then issue the Remove-ExchangeCertificate command to delete the old certificate.

Much of this can be accomplished through the Small Business Server Console, but this is the method that I have been using to install certificates. On a brand new installation of SBS 2011, it may be easier to use the console to install the certificate instead of the above.

Reference: https://technogecko.net/msft/how-to-install-a-ssl-certificate-on-sbs-2011/