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Configure the Certificate Authority for NDES

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after installing adcs and deploying an enterprise ca, you now need to configure it for use with ndes you have one domain administrator account acting as a service account and must create an ndes user acting as the application pool account create the ndes application pool user and assign it to iis iusrs go to start > administrative tools > server manager , and select \[ tools ] select \[ active directory users and computers ] expand your domain name and right click users select new > user give your ndes user a name and select \[ next ] specify a password for the ndes user and select \[ next ] then, select \[ finish ] right click the user you just created and select \[ add to a group ] in the enter the object names to select box , type iis iusrs and select \[ ok ] right click your ndes user and select \[ properties ] go to the member of tab and verify the user is added to the iis iusrs group create the ndes certificate template go to start > administrative tools > server manager , and select \[ tools ] select \[ certification authority ] on the left toolbar, expand your domain and right click certificate templates then, select \[ manage ] locate the web server certificate template right click and select \[ duplicate template ] in general , give the certificate template a name (for example ndes encryption ) in subject name , select supply in the request in extensions , select application policies > edit and add both client authentication and server authentication in security , select \[ add ] in the enter the object names to select box, enter the name of your ndes application pool user and select \[ ok ] give your ndes application pool user read and enroll permissions to the certificate give your ndes service account full control in request handling , set the purpose to signature and encryption select the options include symmetric algorithms allowed by the subject and allow private keys to be exported select \[ apply ] to save your changes, and then select \[ ok ] deploy the ndes certificate go to start > administrative tools > server manager and select \[ tools ] select \[ certification authority ] expand your domain on the left toolbar and right click certificate templates then, select new > certificate template to issue select your ndes certificate you just created and select \[ ok ] for more information on installing and configuring active directory certificate services ndes, refer to the microsoft documentation