Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 provides built-in protection technologies to help keep the e-mail system up, running, and protected from outside threats while allowing employees to work from wherever they are using various clients, including Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Web Access, and mobile devices. Exchange Server 2007 makes it easier for IT to deliver these new capabilities to their organizations by making the messaging environment more comfortable to manage and more cost-efficient.
CSR Generation
- Go to Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Microsoft Exchange 2007 -> Exchange Management Shell.
- At the Exchange Management Shell command line, type the following command to execute the New-ExchangeCertificate cmdlet:
New-ExchangeCertificate -GenerateRequest -KeySize 2048 -Path c:\www_server_com.csr -SubjectName “c=BE, l=Antwerpen, s=Antwerpen, o=Kinamo NV, cn=mail.server.com” -DomainName owa.server.com, autodiscover.server.com -PrivateKeyExportable:$true
- Replace the information in the command above with your correct organisation details:
- cn – The primary domain name for which you are requesting the certificate.
- o – The legal name under which your company was registered or incorporated.
- l – Your organization’s city.
- s – Your organization’s state or province. Do not use abbreviations!
- c – The two-digit country code of your organization’s country.
- -DomainName – list any additional domain names (SAN’s) you need in a comma-separated list. The primary domain name for your certificate is listed under the cn parameter of the -SubjectName argument.
- Next, look for the CSR you just saved with Windows Explorer, double-click it to open it, and copy the entire contents, including the BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST and END CERTIFICATE REQUEST lines and send it to your CA.
- After you receive your SSL certificate from the Certificate Authority, you can proceed with the installation.
We hope this guide helped you with this easy process. If you are unable to use these instructions, Acmetek recommends that you contact either the vendor of your software or the hosting organization that supports it.