Creating a CSR with the Exchange 2010 Certificate Wizard is easy – just follow these steps:
- Start the Exchange Management Console by going to Start > Programs > Microsoft Exchange 2010 > Exchange Management Console.
- Click the link to Manage Databases.
- Select Server Configuration in the menu on the left and then New Exchange Certificate from the actions menu on the right.
- When prompted for a friendly name, use a name to your liking (this name will not affect your request).
- Under Domain Scope, you can check the box if you will be generating the CSR for a wildcard. Otherwise, just go to the next screen.
Note: If you do select that box for a wildcard, skip to step 8. - In the Exchange Configuration menu, select the services which you plan on running securely and enter the names through which you connect to those services as prompted.
- At the next screen, you will be able to review a list of the names which Exchange 2010 suggests you include in your certificate request. Review those names and add any extra names at this point.
- Your Organization should be the full legal name of your company.
- Your Organization Unit is your department within the organization. eg: IT, IT Department, ITSEC, etc.
- If you do not have a State/Province, enter the city information again.
- Click Browse to save the CSR to your computer as a .req file
- Next click Save, then Next, then New
- Finally click Finish to create the CSR.
- You should now be able to open the CSR file created in a text editor of your choice. eg: Notepad, Wordpad, etc.
Note: When you submit the CSR to us (through our online control panel or a support ticket) be sure to include the CSR in its entirety!
This includes the —–BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST—– and —–END CERTIFICATE REQUEST—– tags !
When ordering a multi-domain (SAN/UC) SSL certificate, you can add your additional domain names during the configuration process via our online control panel.
