Step 5c: Create and Import Certification Authority Certificates onto the MDM Gateway Server

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2/9/2009

On the server that is running Mobile Device Manager Gateway Server, make sure that you import the root certification authority, and all intermediate certification authority certificates, to a secure location. From the secure location, you must import the certificates into the correct certificate stores. First, you must put the root certification authority certificate into the Trusted Root Authorities store on the computer that is running MDM Gateway Server. Next, you must put the intermediate certification authority certificates into the Intermediate Certification Authorities store. You must follow these steps for each intermediate, or subordinate, certification authority certificate.

To import the root certification authority certificate

  1. On the computer that is running MDM Gateway Server, open Microsoft Management Console (MMC) with the Certificates snap-in added.

    Note

    When you create the snap-in for Certificates, make sure that you select the Computer Account option and not the Service or User options.

  2. Expand Trusted Root Certification Authorities, right-click Certificates, select All Tasks, and then select Import.

  3. On the Welcome to the Certificate Import Wizard, choose Next.

  4. On the File to Import page, choose Browse and locate the certification authority certificate that you recently exported, and then choose Next.

  5. On the Certificate Store page, make sure that you select Place all certificates in the following store and that Trusted Root Certification Authorities is visible in the Certificate Store section. Choose Next.

  6. Choose Finish to close the program.

To import the intermediate certification authority certificates

  1. On the computer that is running MDM Gateway Server, open MMC with the Certificates snap-in added.

    Note

    When you create the snap-in for Certificates, make sure that you select the Computer Account option and not the Service or User options.

  2. Expand Intermediate Certification Authorities, right-click Certificates, select All Tasks, and then select Import.

  3. On the Welcome to the Certificate Import Wizard, choose Next.

  4. On the File to Import page, choose Browse and locate the intermediate certification authority certificate that you recently exported, and then choose Next.

  5. On the Certificate Store page, make sure that you select Place all certificates in the following store and that Intermediate Certification Authorities is visible in the Certificate Store section. Choose Next.

  6. Choose Finish to close the program.