Install PFX Certificate in Windows

Once you have exported your certificate, the next step is installing the certificate PFX on other servers as needed.

In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to install an exported PFX certificate file on a Microsoft Windows system.

Prerequisites

• Exported certificate in a PFX file. If you need to learn how my post on Exporting a Certificate with MMC details all the steps.

The Process

• Copy the exported certificate PFX file to the server on which you need to install the certificate.
• Right-click on the PFX file and select Install PFX.

• Select Local Machine and click Next.

• Click Next.

You may encounter issues if the certificate is on a network path rather than a local disk.

• Enter the PFX password you set when you created the PFX export of the certificate.
• Select Mark this key as exportable.

It is common for some applications to require the certificate to be exportable to use the certificate correctly.

• Select Include all extended properties.
• Click Next.

• Select Automatically select the certificate store based on the type of certificate, and click Next.

• Click Finish to complete everything using the settings you selected.

• Click OK to confirm everything was successful.

• You will now find the certificate in MMC.

That’s all it takes to install a PFX certificate on Microsoft Windows.