SSL Certificate Installation on Exchange 2010

SSL Certificate Installation on Exchange 2010

This guide outlines the installation process for Exchange 2010. If you have a certificate issued and signed by Comodo, it should be sent to you via email (typically to the administrative email address selected during certificate activation). Alternatively, you can ទាញយកវា from your 1Byte account.

How to Install SSL Certificate on Exchange 2010

You will require a certificate file with the .cer extension (or the file with the .p7b extension from your 1Byte account). This file should be copied to your Exchange server (placing the certificate in the Computer Store of the server).

ចំណាំ: If you want to install a Wildcard certificate on Exchange 2010, you should enable “Enable wildcard certificate” option during the CSR code generation process (it is mentioned on step 5 of the corresponding guide).

Once done, follow the steps described below:

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ចាប់ផ្ដើម កុងសូលគ្រប់គ្រងការផ្លាស់ប្តូរ. In order to do it, click ចាប់ផ្តើម >> កម្មវិធី >> ក្រុមហ៊ុន Microsoft ផ្លាស់ប្តូរឆ្នាំ ២០១០ >> កុងសូលគ្រប់គ្រងការផ្លាស់ប្តូរ.

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Once done, mouse over the Manage Databases link and click on it. Then, go to Server configuration.

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You need to select your certificate from the menu in the center of the screen; the certificate is listed by its Friendly Name. Then click the link in the សកម្មភាព ម៉ឺនុយទៅ Complete Pending Request.

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To complete the pending request, browse to your certificate file, then click បើកទូលាយ >> បានបញ្ចប់:

ចំណាំ: If you face an error message which is frequently shown in Exchange 2010 stating that “The source data is corrupted or not properly Base64 encoded.”, please ignore it and hit F5 to refresh the certificate. Then verify that it says មិនពិត ក្រោមការ Self-Signed ឥឡូវ​នេះ។

If it still shows ជាការពិត, there are 2 possible reasons:

  • you may have selected the wrong certificate or
  • you may have generated the request on a different server

In order to fix this error, you can create a new CSR on this Exchange server and reissue the certificate.

Keep in mind that it is also possible to import PFX certificate at this stage as follows:

  • ជាមួយនឹង ការកំណត់រចនាសម្ព័ន្ធម៉ាស៊ីនមេ menu opened, select the server you wish to secure over on the right;
  • Right-click on the blank area in the Exchange Certificate វាលហើយជ្រើសរើស Import Exchange Certificate;
  • An Import Exchange Certificate Wizard will pop up and you’ll be able to browse your PFX file there.

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For enabling your certificate to use, return to កុងសូលគ្រប់គ្រងការផ្លាស់ប្តូរ and click the link to Assign Services to Certificate…:

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Choose your server from the list, then click បន្ទាប់:

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Apply the certificate for the services for which you would like to enable your new certificate by clicking បន្ទាប់ >> ផ្ដល់ >> បញ្ចប់:

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Once all the steps are completed, your issued certificate should be installed and enabled for use with Exchange:

Your certificate installation can be checked នៅ​ទីនេះ.