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Verify Your Certificate Approval and Install Your Client Authentication Certificate

The next step in creating a mutual trust relationship is verifying your approval and installing your client authentication certificate. Your IIS web server must have the client authentication certificate installed first before installing it on any SharePoint central administration or web front-end (WFE) servers.

Verify the status of your certificate request using the same IIS web server and Web browser from which you submitted the request. If your certificate is approved, install the certificate on your IIS web server first.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the same Web browser that you used to request your certificate on your system hosting an IIS web server.
2. Navigate to the following URL:

   https://fully_qualilfied_domain_name_of_server_running_active_directory_certificate_services/certsrv
   

   An example of such a URL is https://certificateauthority.example.com/certsrv.

3. Click View the status of a pending certificate request.

   A list of your certificate requests appears.

4. Click the link for your certificate request.

   The Certificate Issued screen appears. If it does not, contact the certificate administrator in your organization for more information.

5. Click the Install Certificate link.

   A confirmation dialog appears.

6. Click Yes.

   The certificate is installed under My User Account on your IIS web server. Continue with the next step of installing the certificate snap-ins on your IIS web server.