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Depends on what you want to use the SBS for but largely Alan is correct - a standard cert will do.
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Depends on what you want to use the SBS for but largely Alan is correct - a standard cert will do.

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I need to install an SSL certificate on a SBS 2003 server. &nbsp;There seems to be many options and prices for SSL certificates. &nbsp;How do you know which one I need?
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I need to install an SSL certificate on a SBS 2003 server.  There seems to be many options and prices for SSL certificates.  How do you know which one I need?

SSL Certificates

HTTPS is a protocol for secure communication over a computer network which is widely used on the Internet. HTTPS consists of communication over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) within a connection encrypted by Transport Layer Security (TLS) or its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The main motivation for HTTPS is authentication of the visited website and to protect the privacy and integrity of the exchanged data. HTTPS is widely used for protecting page authenticity on all types of websites, securing accounts and keeping user communications, identity and web browsing private.

SSL / HTTPS

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).