Using the web interface to request a new certificate

Sometimes, when requesting a new certificate, you may not have access to query certificate services directly by using a tool such as the MMC snap-in. Maybe you need to request a certificate for a non-Windows device by using a certificate signing request (CSR) that the device has provided. The CA web interface will allow us to do this. By enabling the web services portion of the CA role, we can turn on a website that runs on our CA server. This website can be accessed from inside the corporate network and could potentially even be published on the internet with a reverse proxy solution.

Because of its age and the fact that Microsoft don't seem particularly interested in maintaining the web interface, most of its functionality only works in Internet Explorer. However, Internet Explorer is a defunct web browser that shouldn't be used any more. As such, most of the functionality of the web interface (including this recipe...