
This requires two VMs, each running Windows Server 2012 R2 (or plain 2012 if you wish).īuilding an enterprise CA is non-trivial, and should be highly process oriented. The process is fairly simple: Build an offline root, create an online issuing CA, setup a couple of templates, setup auto-enrollment, then do a little post setup configuration. Windows Server 2012 R2 Certificate Authority But I always have my own spin, so I think its worthwhile to do yet anther blog post on configuring a MS CA…the “Mr.

Microsoft blogs have several PKI configuration series, which directly guided the content of this series. For this series I’m using Windows Server 2012 R2, but the steps are pretty much identical for Windows Server 2012.

While I have written a number of articles focused on SSL certificates and templates, I have not done a mini-series on how to actually install a Windows Certificate Authority.
