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How to Export a Self signed Server Certificate and Import it on a another Server in Windows server 2008 R2

If you are doing to a Cross forest move between two Exchange 2010 Forests

In order to authenticate between Exchange 2010 forests – using a Self Signed Certificate

Will be Exporting the Target Exchange Server Certificate and import it on the Source Exchange Server

Vice Versa

Will be Exporting the source Exchange Server Certificate and import it on the Target Exchange Server

Its Pretty simple

Am Running this on the Source Server

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Start – Run – MMC – Click on Add/Remove Snap in

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Add Certificates

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Choose Computer Account

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Choose Local Computer

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Click OK

Now being in the Source Exchange Server,

Am Exporting the Certificate from the Certificates Container

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Click Next

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Choose Next

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Now Getting the Source Exchange Server Cert file to the Target Exchange Server

Start – Run – MMC – Click on Add/Remove Snap in

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Add Certificates

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Choose Computer Account

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Choose Local Computer

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Right Click on Certificates – All Tasks – Import

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Choose the File

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Choose Trusted Root Certification

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Do the Same Process And Import to Certificates on the Personal Container

Now Source Cert has been Exported and imported to the Target Exchange Server

Now

Do the Same Process vice versa

Export the Target Exchange Cert and imported to the Source Exchange Server

Now Both Exchange 2010 forests can authenticate without any issues , While a cross forest move

 

Satheshwaran Manoharan
Satheshwaran Manoharanhttps://www.azure365pro.com
Award-winning Technology Leader with a wealth of experience running large teams and diversified industry exposure in cloud computing. From shipping lines to rolling stocks.In-depth expertise in driving cloud adoption strategies and modernizing systems to cloud native. Specialized in Microsoft Cloud, DevOps, and Microsoft 365 Stack and conducted numerous successful projects worldwide. Also, Acting as a Technical Advisor for various start-ups.

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5 COMMENTS

  1. I have imported the self-signed certs between all CAS servers in each org, and still get the error-

    new-MoveRequest : The call to ‘https://irv-edc-cas04.corp.mycompany.com/EWS/mrsproxy.svc’ failed. Error details: Could not establish trust relationship for the
    SSL/TLS secure channel with authority ‘irv-edc-cas04.corp.mycompany.com’. –> The underlying connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship for the
    SSL/TLS secure channel. –> The remote certificate is invalid according to the validation procedure..

    Any thing I can check to verify? I am already running the new-moverequest cmdlet in verbose mode.

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