Deploying Your Public Key Infrastructure

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After your public key design and deployment strategies have been validated and refined by pilot programs, you can deploy the PKI into your production environment. The following list shows a basic production rollout process that you can use to deploy your PKI.

Deploying the PKI includes the following activities:

  • Scheduling production rollout in stages

  • Providing training and support for production users

  • Installing CAs

  • Installing and configuring support systems or applications

  • Configuring the certificates to be issued

  • Configuring publication of certificate revocation lists

  • Configuring public key Group Policy

  • Configuring certificate renewal and enrollment

  • Issuing certificates to users, computers, and certification authorities