Remove Certificate Server (root CA)

Remove Certificate Server (root CA)

Secure Home | Search | About
 Microsoft Applications Security    Post an article   get this group's latest topics as an RSS feed add this group's latest topics to your My MSN content add this group's latest topics to your My Yahoo content add this group's latest topics to your Google content
Subject Author Date
Remove Certificate Server (root CA) scubaal 10-31-2007
Posted by scubaal on October 31, 2007, 10:56 pm
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
I have an old Win2k3 server running Cert Services as Root CA and ADC
on a v. small network.
Just installed a new SBS2003 server and made this a DC. Migrated all
the Ex2k3 stuff to the new server and copied the user data across.
Now want to dcpromo the old server to take it out, but cant while cert
services is installed.
Note: The Cert services has very limited use and in fact as *only*
been used to generate certifcates for the DCs (old and new)
themselves.

Question: I know I cant move the cert server from old to new becuase
the servers have different names. So I will have to uninstall CS. When
I do this the root CA becomes invalid and by defination all
certifcates issued by it.

As I have nothing encrypted with the old Root CA will this cause any
problems?
Do DCs *have* to have a certificate issued? Should I install CS on the
new (SBS) server and create a new Root CA for my DCs?

If a DC had a cert...and then doesnt....what happens?
Just trying to get a heads up before I do something stupid ;)

Al.


Posted by S. Pidgorny on November 2, 2007, 4:50 am
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
Nothing will happen.
Clean up computer store from the old certs - refer to relevant parts in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889250/

--
Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
-= F1 is the key =-

* http://sl.mvps.org * http://msmvps.com/blogs/sp *

>I have an old Win2k3 server running Cert Services as Root CA and ADC
> on a v. small network.
> Just installed a new SBS2003 server and made this a DC. Migrated all
> the Ex2k3 stuff to the new server and copied the user data across.
> Now want to dcpromo the old server to take it out, but cant while cert
> services is installed.
> Note: The Cert services has very limited use and in fact as *only*
> been used to generate certifcates for the DCs (old and new)
> themselves.
>
> Question: I know I cant move the cert server from old to new becuase
> the servers have different names. So I will have to uninstall CS. When
> I do this the root CA becomes invalid and by defination all
> certifcates issued by it.
>
> As I have nothing encrypted with the old Root CA will this cause any
> problems?
> Do DCs *have* to have a certificate issued? Should I install CS on the
> new (SBS) server and create a new Root CA for my DCs?
>
> If a DC had a cert...and then doesnt....what happens?
> Just trying to get a heads up before I do something stupid ;)
>
> Al.
>



Similar ThreadsPosted
remove certificate authority server September 4, 2007, 4:30 pm
Add a Root Certificate Server October 12, 2005, 11:08 am
Remove Certificate services June 24, 2005, 7:43 pm
remove certificate for invalid account November 17, 2005, 9:19 am
Need a way to remove a certificate from domain computers June 2, 2008, 10:57 am
How to remove the Subordinate Enteprise CA expired certificate April 3, 2007, 9:38 am
CA root certificate May 22, 2008, 9:27 am
Renaming a Certificate Root authority June 28, 2006, 5:16 pm
import contact signed certificate and root ca September 28, 2007, 9:36 pm
Question about pkiview.msc Root Certificate Expiring February 15, 2008, 4:16 am

The site map in XML format XML site map

Contact Us | Privacy Policy