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.pem doesn't seem to be a windows format. Won't this be a problem? the GPO seems to read it fine.
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.pem doesn't seem to be a windows format. Won't this be a problem? the GPO seems to read it fine.

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Great, thanks for the detailed explanation. :-)
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Great, thanks for the detailed explanation. :-)

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This is on a Windows 2008 R2 Active Directory with Windows 7 clients. I want to push out a Security Certificate via GPO. Which format should i use? I have .pem .der and .p7b. Thanks.
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This is on a Windows 2008 R2 Active Directory with Windows 7 clients. I want to push out a Security Certificate via GPO. Which format should i use? I have .pem .der and .p7b. Thanks.

Installing Security Certificate via GPO - which format to use

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