Jul 18, 2020

Introduction

Intermediate certificates help complete the "Chain of Trust" from an end-entity certificate back to a root certificate. Intermediate certificates must be present ahead of time prior to setting bindings in IIS or applying services in Exchange.  
 

Instructions

1. Go to Start > Run > mmc. Press Enter:

2. In the MMC, go to File > Add / Remove Snap-In...

3. Choose the Certificates snap-in. Click Add.


4. Choose Computer Account. Click Next >


5. Choose Local Computer. Click Finish.


6. Click OK to exit the snap-in window.


7. In the MMC window, expand the following sections: Certificates (Local Computer) > Intermediate Certification Authorities > Certificates

8. Right-click the Certificates folder and go to All Tasks > Import



9. Choose Local Machine. Click Next 


10. Click Browse on the next window:


11. Choose the intermediate that you wish to import and click Open


12. Click Next on the Certificate Import Wizard:


13. Make sure the Certificate Store is specified as Intermediate Certification Authorities. Click Next.


14. Click Finish
 

15. Click OK when the certificate imports successfully.