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Microsoft AD RMS

Generate a CSR from a certreq policy file

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This section shows how to generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) from a certreq policy file on the computer where you plan to install Microsoft AD RMS. Then, it describes creating a public/private key pair in your Windows account profile after you generate the CSR file. In a later section, the issues a signed certificate from the CSR, for you to associate with the public/private key pair stored in the Windows Certificate Store.

Create a Certreq policy file

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On the computer where you plan to install Microsoft AD RMS, open a text editor.

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Create a new file, then copy and paste the following content into that file:

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Save the file with the .inf extension (such as certreq_policy.inf).

Generate a CSR from the Certreq policy file

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Open either the command prompt or PowerShell.

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Go to the directory with the certreq policy .inf file.

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Run the following command to generate a certificate signing request (CSR) from the certreq policy .inf file:

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Copy the CSR file to the storage medium configured on your .