Planning the Public Key Infrastructure

Care should be taken to ensure the Public Key Infrastructure is well maintained. The security for the PKI is critical. If the PKI environment is compromised, the integrity of the Configuration Manager environment can also be compromised.

Caution

The Windows Server 2008 Enterprise certificate template option is not compatible with System Center Configuration Manager 2012. Choosing the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise option results in a version 3 template. To create a version 2 template, select the Windows Server 2003 Enterprise template version.

You should become familiar with the following PKI terminology:

Enterprise root CA—This is a Certificate Authority that is integrated with Active Directory. The ...

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