How to create a Digicert.cer

Instructions
1. Open the YOUR.cer certificate.


2. Click on the Certification Path tab and highlight DigiCert. Click on View Certificate.

3. In the Details tab, click on Copy to File.


4. The Certificate Export Wizard appears. Click Next.


5. Select the default ‘DER encoded binary X.509 (.CER)’ option. Click Next.


6. Specify a file name and a location to export the certificate to. Click Next.


7. Click Finish to complete the Export Wizard. The digicert.cer certificate is created in the specified directory.

8. Run the following commands using SharePoint 2010 Management Shell to add the trusted root authority.
$root = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2("c:\temp\digicert.cer")
New-SPTrustedRootAuthority -Name "YOUR Token Signing Root Authority" -Certificate $root

PRO: 70-576 SharePoint 2010

This afternoon, I went ahead and took this certification exam offered by Microsoft. I was pleased that this exam had a couple of question on Claims and on Windows Authentication method. I think there were 10% question on security i.e. 5/50.

The questions on claims were straight forward.