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Modify Default Policy for Automatic Certificate Request (Group Policy)

December 22, 2025 | ADCS, Certificate Services, Certificate Template, Microsoft | No Comments

Greetings, today we are going to modify the Default Policy Group Policy Object to set domain member computers to automatically request a machine certificate. This assumes you already have a Domain and Certificate Services setup and ready to use for this. If you need to setup your domain or certificate services still, please refer to […]

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By Scott Bell

Create Certificate Template for VMware Certificate Authority

December 13, 2025 | ADCS, Certificate Services, Certificate Template, Homelab, Microsoft, VCF, VMware | No Comments

Greetings, this time we are going to be creating a Certificate Template for VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA). This would allow you to use VMCA to issue certificates for your VMware environment. This is based on the following article: Creating a Microsoft Certificate Authority Template for SSL certificate creation in vSphere Open Certificate Authority Select Certificate […]

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By Scott Bell

Create Certificate Template for VMware Services

November 28, 2025 | ADCS, Certificate Services, Certificate Template, Homelab, Microsoft, VCF, VMware | No Comments

Greetings, this time we are going to be creating a Certificate Template for VMware services. This is based on the following article: Creating a Microsoft Certificate Authority Template for SSL certificate creation in vSphere Open Certificate Authority Select Certificate Authority Expand Root-CA01, then right-click Certificate Templates and select Manage Right-click Web Server and select Duplicate […]

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By Scott Bell