Active Directory Federation Services – Certificate Error ‘CNG Key’
Jan12

Active Directory Federation Services – Certificate Error ‘CNG Key’

KB ID 0001129 Problem When installing the Active Directory Federation Services Role, you need to supply a certificate. I was running this up using a self signed wildcard certificate when this happened; The certificate with the specified thumbprint {thumbprint} has a Cryptographic Next Generation (CNG) private key. The certificates with the CNG private key are not supported. Use a certificate based on a key pair generated by a legacy...

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Certificate Services – Create a ‘Wildcard Certificate’
Jan11

Certificate Services – Create a ‘Wildcard Certificate’

KB ID 0001128 Problem Now you may be thinking, “If you have your own CA/PKI solution why would you need to create a Wildcard Certificate”? If you can generate as many certificates as you want whats the point? Well today I need to setup ADFS, WAG (Web Application Gateway), and Remote Desktop Services Gateway Server. To make the whole thing wok on my test bench would be a lot less hassle if I could just use one certificate...

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