Requesting the OS Deployment Certificate

The OS Deployment client certificate is used by all systems during the OS deployment. This is essentially a shared certificate that is imported when the PXE Service Point is established.

The same procedure used to request the Document Signing certificate can be used to request the OS Deployment certificate. The main differences are instead of selecting the Configuration Manager Document Signing template from the template list, the Configuration Manager OS Deployment template must be selected. In the Name field, enter osd01.companyxyz.com.

Note

This certificate does not need to be added to the Local Computer certificate store. The Personal Information Exchange (PFX) file created will be imported during ...

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