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Enable SSL on IIS for the Web Application

A Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption is required for a web application as it provides greater security. When SSL is enabled, remote clients access the web application using URLs that start with https://.

The following procedure describes how to enable SSL on IIS Manager.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Start, Administrative Tools, Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

   The IIS Manager dialog appears.

2. Navigate to and select the Windows Claims-based authentication web application site that requires SSL encryption, in the Connections pane.
3. Click Edit Bindings in the Actions pane.

   The Site Bindings dialog appears.

4. Select the https entry, and then click Edit.

   The Edit Site Binding dialog appears.

5. Select the appropriate certificate from the list, in the SSL Certificate field.
6. Click OK.

   The Site Bindings dialog appears.

7. Click Close.

   The web application is enabled for SSL encryption.

Note: If you do not find an appropriate certificate, you cannot bypass the certificate warning screen. If you have a certificate that is issued to the URL, you can import the certificate in to the client to bypass the certificate warning. For more information about configuring a Secure Sockets Layer, refer the IIS 7 Operations Guide from www.microsoft.com.

More information:

Create a New Web Application with Claims based Authentication

Enable SSL for the Web Application