Where are my Certificates?

Where are my Certificates?

Many a times I have come across people who have no clue where to find the certificates they have or someone else have installed on the exchange server or the client machine.

In this post I would like to walk you through where you can find the certificates for exchange.

There are 3 methods to find where the certificates are
1) MMC
2) IIS Manager
3) Exchange Management Console (EMC)

1) MMC

This method works for both 2003 and 2008 server
a) Go to Start > Run and Type mmc

b) In the opened console Select ‘File’ > Select ‘Add or Remove Snap in’ as shown below



c) Select Add



d) Select Certificates and Select Add



e) Select Computer Account > and click on next



f) Select Finish and Close



g) Click on Ok and the Certificate console will be opened



h) Under “Personal Store” you can see the required certificates



2) IIS- Manager
2003 OS
a) Open IIS Manager



b)Right Click on “Default web site” (or the appropriate website if you have many) and select Properties



c) Select “Directory Security” tab and select “View Certificate” and you will be able to see the certificate


2008 OS
a) Open IIS Manager


b) Right Click on “Default web site” (or the appropriate website if you have many) and select Edit bindings

c) Select the https which has port 443 and click on Edit

d) On the opened Edit Site Bindings tab click on “View” to see the certificate



3) EMC

This can be used if exchange is 2010
Open EMC > Select “Server Configuration” and you will be able to see the certificate in the middle plane as shown in the picture

Just double on the certificate you want to see



Run the below command in Exchange management Shell (2007 or 2010) to see the attributes of the Certificate
Get-ExchangeCertificate | FL