How to Create a Certificate for Live Communicator
- 1). Launch the Microsoft Office Communications server application. Click the "Start" menu and navigate to "Programs." Select "Office Communications Server" under the "Administrative Tools" section.
- 2). Right-click on the name of the Live Communication server for which you wish to create a certificate and click on "Certificates" to launch the certificate creation wizard.
- 3). Click on "Next" to proceed to the first step in the installation program. Select "Create a new certificate" from the list of available certificate tasks, then click the "Next" button.
- 4). Select "Prepare the request now, but send it later" on the following screen, then click "Next". Enter a name for the certificate under the "Name" field, leave the bit length as its default value and ensure that the box next to "Mark cert as exportable" is checked. Click on "Next" to proceed to the next step.
- 5). Enter the legal name of your organization into the "Organization" field, then select the relevant organizational unit from the drop-down menu. Click on "Next" to continue.
- 6). Enter the domain name of the network pool used to host the Live Communications Server under the "Subject Name" field. Click on "Next" to proceed to the geographical information window, where you should enter your appropriate information into the State/Province, Country/Region and City/Locality fields. Click on "Next" to begin creating the certificate.
- 7). Enter a file name in for the certificate and click on "Save" to save the certificate that was just generated.
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