September 3, 2010

SSL Certificate Trust Errors for New Thawte Certificates

If you renew a Thawte SSL certificate or purchase a new one since 26th July 2010 you may encounter SSL certificate trust errors when clients connect to published websites such as Outlook Web Access.

Exchange Server 2010 and the Benefits of Commercial SSL Certificates

The business case is clear for purchasing SSL SAN certificates from a genuine commercial certificate authority to use with Exchange Server 2007 and 2010.

How to Issue a SAN Certificate to Exchange Server 2010 from a Private Certificate Authority

Exchange Server 2010 makes use of SSL certificates for securing network communications between servers and clients. This tutorial demonstrates how to request and install a certificate from a private Certificate Authority.

Exchange Server 2010 “The Certificate is Invalid for Exchange Server Usage” Error

SSL certificates may be invalid for use with Exchange Server 2010 if they have been issued by an untrusted certificate authority.

How to Assign an SSL Certificate to Exchange Server 2010 Services

This tutorial demonstrates how to use the Exchange management tools to assign services to an SSL certificate in Exchange Server 2010.

Exchange 2010 Certificate Revocation Checks and Proxy Settings

The Microsoft Exchange Team blog posted about an issue people are experiencing in the field in which certificate revocation status check failures prevent you from assigning a certificate to any Exchange services. Here I demonstrate how to use proxy settings to work around the problem in some scenarios.