Windows Server Archives

PKI, Windows Server2024-03-142024-03-21

Generate CSR on Windows Server

Surprisingly, generating a properly-formed Certificate Signing Request (CSR) is not as common knowledge amongst admins as would appear at first. In this post we review how to properly generate CSR on Windows Server. Or, for […]

Active Directory, Certification Authority, PKI, PowerShell, Windows Server2024-02-012024-02-03

How to Install Microsoft CA on Server Core

This is a basic walkthrough on how to install Microsoft CA on Windows Server core versions with no GUI. Microsoft’s Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) allows organizations to build a public key infrastructure (PKI) […]

Active Directory, Windows Server2024-01-302024-01-30

Authorized DHCP Server Listed Twice

It is possible to have the same authorized DHCP server listed twice in an environment. In most cases the DHCP server was accidentally authorized more than once in Active Directory and is likely showing the […]

Certification Authority, PKI, Windows Desktop, Windows Server2024-01-052024-02-03

Windows Certificate is Missing its Private Key

We are in the process of renewing a certificate, we download the new certificate from GoDaddy or another certificate authority, we import it into our Windows certificate store and realize that the new Windows certificate […]

Certification Authority, PKI, PowerShell, Windows Server2023-06-092024-12-09

Microsoft CA Database Cleanup

Performing a Microsoft CA Database cleanup is a fairly simple task that every PKI administrator should complete regularly. Why, you ask. Well, there is no point in keeping expired certificates around as they no longer […]