Certificate Authority
Microsoft ADCS
Generate a CSR from a certreq policy file
2min
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 CS. Then, it describes how to create 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.
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On the computer where you plan to install Microsoft AD CS, 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).
Updated 17 Jul 2024
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