Back Up your Certificates on Microsoft Exchange 2007

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Exporting your Certificate to a PKCS12 file

To export your certificate, use the following command: Export-ExchangeCertificate -Thumbprint -BinaryEncoded:$true -Path c:\certificates\mail.globalsign.com.pfx -Password:(Get-Credential).password

Please store your keys and password in a secure location.

If you have used AutoCSR you will already have a PKCS12 file and your password would have been defined during the online enrolment process


Importing a PKCS12/P.12 file (For AutoCSR customers)

To import your certificate and private key, you will import the certificate using the Import-ExchangeCertificate cmdlet.

The Import-ExchangeCertificate cmdlet – Imports a certificate or chain of certificates that have been issued from GlobalSign. To import an existing certificate and private key from a PKCS #12 (.pfx or .p12) file to the certificate store on the local computer.

You will need to have the password used to create the certificate in the Backup/Export procedure.

Import-ExchangeCertificate -Path c:\certificates\mail.globalsign.com.pfx -Password:(Get-Credential).password

You will be prompted for a username and password. The username is not important but the password must be the same password as used in the backup/Export procedure.