Add a Trusted Certificate

Certificates are used to verify the identity of servers on the Internet. Certificates also encrypt data to make a Remote Web Workplace connection secure.

The default installation of Windows SBS 2008 configures what is called a self-issued certificate. This certificate lets users securely access your Web sites if they install it on their remote computer or device. However, if users try to access your Web sites without installing the certificate on their remote computer, they receive a certificate warning. The warning tells users that the certificate being used to secure the Web site is not trusted, and as a result the site is not trusted. The user must click through the warning to gain access to the Web site. And in these ...

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