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Enter the FQDN for the machine, and press Next



Press the Add button



The Gateway role service will then be deployed.


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Install a web browser

There are some things to download and install via a browser and the Internet Explorer browser bundled with Windows Server 2019 is unfit for this purpose.  Install a web browser (Edge, Chrome or Firefox).

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Open an elevated command prompt (Run as administrator) and change directory to the C:\Program Files\win-acme folder


Type in wacs.exe and press enter


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Select Create certificate (full options) (M):


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Select Manual Input (2), and then enter the FQDN


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Press enter to accept the Friendly name, then select option 2 to Serve verification files from memory:


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Select the RSA key option:


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Select option 4 to place the certificate into the Windows Certificate Store:


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Then select option 2 to store in the My General computer store (for Exchange/RDS):


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Choose 3: PFX archive

Enter a path to save the exported certificate to (eg: C:\Users\mikes\Documents\Certificates), and select option 2 for the .pfx password (Type / paste in console)

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Enter a password for the pfx.


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Choose 5: No (additional) store steps


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Choose 3: No (additional) installation steps


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Answer y to Open the Terms of service document

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Answer y to agree with the terms:


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Enter recipient email addresses for any problems:


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Verification of domain ownership will then take place.  win-acme will create a Windows Scheduled Task to auto-renew the certificate every 3 months - answer n

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SQL Azure

For Azure SQL we use Standard tier – 50 DTU’s is usually the minimum, but we have a couple of customers using less.

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