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Windows Server 2008 PKI and Certificate Security Brian Komar
Publisher: Microsoft Press

In this article I will explain the installation and configuration of Certificate Services (AD CS) on Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system. Naturally, more and more of these installs will occur on Windows Server 2008. To IIS, better PKI performance in checking for revoked certificates, better performance for remote terminal services users with TS Gateway and other performance enhancements, better performance is a good reason to upgrade to Server 2008. Up until now most of the Certificate Authority Installations have been performed on Domain Controllers with Windows Server 2003. Install and configure Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) using Windows Server 2008 R2. You can use AD CS to enhance and implement security by binding the identity of a person, device, computers or services to a corresponding private key. With the December documentation update for the Configuration Manager library, we posted a new step-by-step guide for out of band management, to help customers deploy the PKI certificates with a Windows Server 2008 CA (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd252737.aspx). Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) in the Windows Server 2008 provides customizable services for creating and managing public key (PKI) certificates. These are only a few of the specific security mechanisms in Server 2008, which also includes the new Windows firewall first introduced in Vista, Windows Defender, service hardening, User Account Control (UAC), and more. One of the main These steps assume that you're following the step-by-step guide and have previously created the security group and certificate templates.