Generate CSR on MS Exchange Server 2007

Detailed guide on Generating CSR on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Follow these steps and Generate CSR without any hassle.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is an upgrade version to its earlier version 2003. Exchange server 2007 brings clustering options, X64 support, voice mail integration, new interface. Exchange 2007 offers different server roles like Edge transport, Hub transport, Mailbox, Unified messaging.

It is essential to have an SSL certificate to secure communication between two ends. It is first step to generate certificate signing request (CSR) to install SSL on your server. Here at we described step by step instructions to create CSR on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

1. To generate the CSR, you need to use Exchange Management Shell of Microsoft Exchange 2007.
2. Browse Start>>Program>>Microsoft Exchange Server 2007>>Exchange Management Shell.
3. Copy the below command to paste into Notepad to change some objects.

   New-ExchangeCertificate -GenerateRequest -SubjectName "C=US, L=City, S=State, O=Company Name, OU=Organizational Unit, CN=www.website.com" -privatekeyexportable:$true -keysize 2048 -Path c:\certificate_request.txt

   Terms	Descriptions	Examples
   C	Country code of your organization location	US
   L	Name of your organization’s city	Forest Hills
   S	Name of your organization’s state	New York
   O	Name of organization legal registered name	BusinessName LLC
   OU	Organizational Unit	IT
   CN	main FQDN (fully qualified domain name)	www.example.com
   -privatekeyexportable	To enable export of the certificate	$true
   -keysize	Certificates key length must be 2048-bit	2048
   -Path	the path and filename of generated CSR	c:\certificate_request.txt

4. After editing the above fields, copy and paste the command into Exchange Management Shell and press Enter.
5. If the command is successful, it will return with thumbprint. Your CSR thumbprint is generated, copy and paste the content in a text file including —–BEGIN NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST—– and —–END NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST—–.
6. Now, you should choose SSL certificate and submit all contents of the generated CSR during order process.
7. CA will verify your request and follow validation process before issuing your certificate.

Once you received your certificate via email from preferred certificate authority, you should install an SSL certificate on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.