Configure certificates

Objectives

• Create the self-signed certificates in PKCS #12 archives
• Generate key credentials to set in the Manifest of the EWS App registration
• Generate certificates to save into secrets for orchestration framework
• Files the PowerShell script will generate:

  azureAppRegistrationCertificate.pfx
  azureAppRegistrationCertificatePassword
  smtpTlsCertificate.pfx
  smtpTlsCertificatePassword
  keyCredentials.txt

Prerequisites

Create the password protected self-signed Certificates

• Start PowerShell as an Administrator
• You might need to run Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass to allow to execute our script
• Create and navigate to a folder where the Certificate will be stored, then run the PowerShell script
• A strong password securing the certificates will be generated automatically by the PowerShell script
• If you would like to provide the strong password, add a -prompt switch at the end of the of script invocation.

Next steps