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Prerequisites

• Ensure the signed certificate files is on or accessible by the system that created the original certificate request

Install the certificate request 

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1. Sign in to the computer where the certificate was originally requested then start an administrative PowerShell session

1. Run the following commands to define

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1. the certificate to be imported: 

   Code Block
   language powershell
   $Path = Read-Host -Prompt "Provide the path to the certificate file" $Name = Read-Host -Prompt "Provide the name of the certificate file"

2. Run the following commands to retrieve the certificate to be imported:

   Code Block
   language powershell
   $CertificateFilePath = Get-ChildItem -Path $Path | Where-Object { $_.Name -Match $Name } | Sort-Object -Property LastWriteTime | Select-Object -Last 1 -ExpandProperty FullName

3. Run the following commands to

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1. verify the certificate to be imported: 

   Code Block

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1. language powershell
   $CertificateFromFile = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2($CertificateFilePath) $CertificateFromFile | Select-Object -Properties Thumbprint, HasPrivateKey, NotBefore, NotAfter, Subject, Issuer

2. Run the following commands to define the certificate store:

   Code Block
   language powershell
   $CertStoreLocation = 'Cert:\LocalMachine\My'

3. Run the following commands to import the certificate: 

   Code Block
   language powershell
   $CertificateObject = Import-Certificate -FilePath

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1. $CertificateFilePath -CertStoreLocation $CertStoreLocation $CertificateObject | Select-Object -Properties Thumbprint, HasPrivateKey, NotBefore, NotAfter, Subject, Issuer