The To re-iterate, the process is the same for a new or renewed certificate.įor a Globally Trusted Certificate Authorityįor this example, GoDaddy will be used as much of our work is aimed at the small-medium business markets so they will not be willing to buy spend 4x the money or more at Thawte or Entrust. Here at Tech With a Hammer we are geared to the small and medium business size markets, and as such many business either will not have the resources available or no need to have an on-premises Windows Certificate Authority so we will be covering the signing SSL signing process at online Certificate Authorities with a generated Certificate Signing Request, and how to utilize this certificate in Microsoft Remote Desktop Services. This hammer is geared more to a server admin with at least some experience maintaining a Windows environment as a tier 1 help desk analyst should not be ![]() With enough requests we will update this post with some imagery generated by the fine Techs with their Hammers. There are currently no pictures, if that is what you were hoping for. Whether you let the certificate lapse or you are the proactive Server or Systems Administrator you are, the same process applies. Many monitoring services available are not designed to monitor the certificate being used on many Windows services, and unfortunately many certificates are only purchased or signed for a year so every year there is a half day or more where Remove Desktop Services become unavailable until a new certificate is put in place. ![]() This hammer is not geared towards code or automation, so do not expect script blocks or code to follow. If the Remote Desktop Services are only utilized with internal infrastructure, then using a Windows Certificate Authority may be the best option, but as more and more employees start to work remotely to connect in a signed certificate from a globally trusted platform like Entrust, Thawte, DigiCert or GoDaddy will need to be purchased. Remote Desktop Services rely on having a valid certificate being used by all the services on all servers, or to have a self-signed certificate that is pushed to all workstations that will be used so the connection is trusted. ![]() Working in a Windows Domain environment, whether it is in the larger campus size enterprise environments or the small medium business markets, it is likely you will come across Remote Desktop Services.
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