Certificate Authority on Exchange 2003

[JayIT]

I went thru the process of installing Certificate Services on my Exchange 2003 server after completing the wizard I went, on the server to

http://server_ip_address/certsrv

to submit the certificate. It all seams to work until that point. When I try to submit the certificate request I get an error on the next page stating that

“No certificate template could be found. You do not have permission to request a certificate from the CA, or an error occurred while accessing the active directory”

I googled as much as I could this error and tried some of the resolutions but nothing seams to be helping…

I’m trying to install a certificate on my Exchange box to allow smart phones to sync over the air.

I have not much hair left on my head and any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Zelandakh]

Are you doing this as an administrator?

 

[JayIT]

yes and when I went to

http://server_ip_address/certsrv

it asked me for credentials I login as a domain admin

 

[Zelandakh]

What happens if you use the certificate MMC actually on the server itself?

anything in event viewer?

 

[JayIT]

Just found out where the problem was. when goign to

http://server_ip_address/certsrv

and prompted for credentials, I was providing Administrator as user name, instead of domain\administrator (duh!). now I have access to the templates...

your first reply did make me think about this login part. Thank you!

 

[mrashburn]

I am in a similar situation as you (but further behind where you were). I have an Exchange 2003 cluster (2 node). I had been doing direct-push with it (through the same firewall, etc.). We now allow users to connect to OWA (it had been running before just disallowed in AD) so I installed an SSL certificate on it (issued by Network Solutions). I have installed their cab file to my WM6 device but can not connect to save my life. On to my question... after reading your post do I need to install Certificate Services on my Exchange 2003 server or is that only needed if you self certify?

TIA!