How to change the cert template that IIS 7.5 uses automatically when you choose to “Create Domain Certificate”

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In IIS, there is an option to "Create Domain Certificate." This works great except for one problem. The template that this process uses is the "Web Server" template in the CA which has a key with only 1024 bits. I have duplicated this template and then changed the minimum key length to 2048.

I have an Enterprise CA running on Windows Server 2008 R2.

Is it possible to have all the IIS servers in my domain use the new template when going through the "Create Domain Certificate" wizard?

Best Answer

IIS's wizard will always use the Web Server template. You can't use the wizard if you want to create a certificate against a different template.

Annoying, huh?