SSL Installation:
After you receive the certificate from the CA, use the Import-ExchangeCertificate command to import it.
To import the certificate request
- Open the Exchange Management Shell on the local server.
- On the command line, type
Import-ExchangeCertificate C:\filepath
The filepath parameter above specifies the location where you saved the certificate file that was provided by the third-party CA.
When you run this command, it creates a Thumbprint output parameter that you use to enable to a certificate in the next step.
How to enable the certificate?
- To enable the certificate, you have to use the Enable-ExchangeCertificate command. On the command line, type the following command in powershellEnable-ExchangeCertificate –Thumbprint
5113ae0233a72fccb75b1d0198628675333d010e -Services iis,smtp,pop,imapThe Thumbprint parameter specifies the one you received as output when you ran the Import-ExchangeCertificate command.In the Services parameter, specify the services you want to assign to this certificate. At a minimum, you should specify SMTP and IIS.
- If you receive the warning Overwrite the existing default SMTP certificate?, type in A (yes for all).
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.