Install an Existing SSL Certificate on a Windows Server

Windows Instructions

1. On the server needing the certificate, open MMC and add the Certificates Snapin (Computer Account).
2. Browse to Certificates –> Personal –> Certificates –> Right-Click –> All Tasks –> Import –> Next
3. Browse to Q:\NetGroup\Files\Certificates\Wildcard\new_year\Windows\THISISIT.pfx –> Enter the password –> Next
4. Place all certificates in the following store: Personal –> Next
5. Finish
6. Right-click the newly imported file –> Properties –> enter a Friendly name: *.housingservices.com –> OK

★☆★☆ Important Notes ★☆★☆

• If this is the first time a this server has used a 3rd-party signed certificate, repeat steps 2-6 except in step 5 ‘Place all certificates in the following store: Trusted Root Certification Authorities –> Next
• In the Personal Certificates store Issued By column find the two certificates labeled ‘Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority – G2’. These can be deleted from the Personal store.

IIS Instructions

• Open IIS Manager
• In the Connections pane, click on any web site uses https.
• In the Actions pane, click Bindings.
• Locate and select the entry for https and click Edit.
• SSL certificate: Select the new certificate –> OK
• Close
• Verify the new certificate is in use.
• Sometimes restarting IIS is necessary for the new certificate to take effect.