In this post we look at installing AD CS role on Server 2012/2016 so that SSL certificates can be issued for the Dynamics CRM platform in a  multi-server deployment topology as shown here.

Installing AD CS role:

On the server DEV-CS01 bring up the server manager console and go through the Add/Remove Features wizard to install AD CS as per the following screen snap shots.

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In the next article here we will look at how to use Certificate Templates to provision new SSL certificates for CRM and ADFS