Steps To Secure Communications With IIS

• Here are the steps needed to secure communications with IIS.
  • Install Microsoft Certificate Services on a server in the domain.
    • This makes it a certificate server.
  • Generate the root CA certificate.
  • Generate a certificate request file for each Web site on the server.
  • Use the certificate request files to create server certificates for different Web sites.
  • Install the digital certificates.
  • Enable SSL on each applicable Web site.
  • Install the certificate in the browser's authorities store.
  • Start a secure communcation by using https.

What is Microsoft Certificate Services?

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