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First published on TECHNET on Mar 22, 2013
Tonight I spent a couple of hours reorganizing the
PKI Documentation and Reference Library
. I also created a vanity short URL to it
https://aka.ms/pkilibrary
… Continue reading PKI Library (PKI Documentation and Reference Library Updated)
First published on TECHNET on Mar 21, 2013
Windows Server 2012 System State Backup allows an administrator to back-up several Operating System components including those required for a successful restore of a Certification Aut… Continue reading Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Certificate Services System State Backup and Restore
First published on TECHNET on Mar 08, 2013
I have consolidated and updated two command line utilities recently:
Certreq
Certutil
I took all the older links that I could find and… Continue reading Certutil and Certreq
First published on TECHNET on Dec 27, 2012
It is very common to check the configuration of any certification authority using
certutil –getreg
command. The command will allow a CA administrator to view the co… Continue reading Query for Advanced CA Configuration Options
First published on TECHNET on Dec 20, 2012
Many customers must perform a regulatory audit annually to comply with industry standards and business trends. Recently I was contacted by one of my customers, who was not able … Continue reading Viewing Expired Certificate Revocation List (CRL)
First published on TECHNET on Dec 10, 2012
Hi there, I am a test engineer in the Windows team working on certificate enrollment related areas. Today I want to talk about certificates for
Windows RT
devices
… Continue reading Certificate for WinRT devices and non-domain member devices
First published on TECHNET on Oct 08, 2012
A new feature is available in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 that allows you to protect exported PFX files (those in PKCS#12) to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) accounts. … Continue reading Group Protected PFX
First published on TECHNET on Aug 14, 2012
Microsoft released a security advisory, KB article, and software update for all supported versions of Windows that blocks RSA certificates with keys less than 1024 bits. The software updat… Continue reading Blocking RSA keys less than 1024 bits (part 3)