Certificate Server Administrator's Guide

Welcome to the Microsoft® Certificate Server Administrator's Guide topic section. This section provides detailed information on how to install, configure, administer, and customize Certificate Server.

This section contains:

• Installing and Configuring Certificate Server: Describes how to install and configure Certificate Server as a stand-alone certificate authority (CA) or as part of an existing CA hierarchy.
• Certificate Server Basics: Introduces operational terminology, the Web-based administration interface and command line utilities.
• Processing Certificate Requests: Explains how to submit and process a certificate request.
• Performing Certificate Enrollment: Explains how to enroll clients using Web browsers.
• Certifying Servers and Browsers: Explains how to certify Web servers and browsers for performing server and client authentication.
• Administering Certificate Server: Explains how to use the Web-based administration tools to manage certificate requests and certificates.
• Customizing Certificate Server: Explains how change policy modules and perform other customization of Certificate Server.

This section does not contain:

• Information about Certificate Server features and architecture; see Certificate Server Concepts.
• Information about business scenarios for using Certificate Server; see Certificate Server Concepts.
• Information about writing software modules and applications using the Certificate Server interfaces; see Certificate Server Programmer's Reference.