Install a Server Certificate Web server certificates contain information about the server that allows the client to positively identify the server over a network before sharing sensitive information. This process is called authentication. If you use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to protect confidential information exchanged between the Web server and the client and you have exported the certificates from the source server to the target server, the server certificate needs to be installed on the Web server before you can assign the server certificate to Web sites for use with SSL Requirements
Recommendation As a security best practice, log on to your computer using an account that is not in the Administrators group, and then use the Run as command to run IIS Manager as an administrator. At the command prompt, type runas /user:administrative_accountname mmc %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\iis.msc. Procedures
The file from which you import certificates remains intact after you have completed importing the certificates. You can use Windows Explorer to delete the file if it is no longer needed. |