Approving or Denying Certificate Requests

Windows 2000 Certificate Services stores pending requests in the Pending Request queue. For enterprise CAs, requests are processed automatically and the request is either approved or denied. By default, for stand-alone CAs, certificate requests are stored in the Pending Request queue for review by a CA administrator. You can use the Certification Authority console to review pending requests and either approve or deny the request. Approved requests are issued by the CA.

To use the Certification Authority console to approve a certificate request

1. Click the Pending Requests container for the appropriate CA.
   The pending certificate requests appear in the details pane of the console.

2. Right-click the appropriate certificate request, and then click All Tasks and Issue.
   The CA issues the certificate.

To use the Certification Authority console to deny a certificate request

1. Click the Pending Requests container for the appropriate CA.
   The pending certificate requests appear in the details pane of the console.

2. Right-click the appropriate certificate request, and then click All Tasks and Deny.
   The Deny Certificate Requests dialog box appears.

3. Click Yes to deny the certificate request.
   The certificate request is moved to the Failed Requests container.