Duplicating and editing a certificate template
Certificate templates can be edited. However, it is a bad idea to edit the built-in certificate templates. Use this recipe to duplicate and edit a certificate template to be issued from an enterprise CA.
Getting ready
Sign in to the enterprise CA with a domain account that is a member of the Enterprise Admins group.
How to do it…
Perform the following steps to manage certificate templates:
- Press Start.
- Search for the Certification Authority management console or run
certsrv.msc
. - In the left navigation pane, expand the node representing the CA. Right-click the Certificate Templates node and select Manage from the context menu to manage certificate templates. Alternatively, run
certtmpl.msc
.
The Certificate Templates Console (certtmpl.msc
) window appears:
- If you want to change the audience for a certificate...