PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Get SSL Certificate

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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to get an SSL certificate from an internal certification authority.

 How can I use Windows PowerShell to get an SSL certificate from an internal certification authority (CA)
           and import it to my web server's local certificate store?

 Use the Get-Certificate cmdlet, specify the template, the DNS name, subject, and store location, for example
           (this is a one-line command broken to fit on the webpage):

Get-Certificate -Template WebServer -DnsName "webserver.contoso.com"
-CertStoreLocation Cert:\LocalMachine\My  -SubjectName “webserver1.contoso.com”

Note  The certificate cannot be marked exportable using this method.
Thank you to Microsoft PFE, Jason Walker, for today’s PowerTip.

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