Expired self signed certificates - removed from Exchange server 2013, keep re-appearing

Benard Mwanza 1,001 Reputation points
2022-09-16T09:58:21.32+00:00

I have an issue with exchange server 2013 CU23 in my environment. Two mailbox servers and two CAS role servers.

The mailbox servers are in DAG.

When i delete expired self signed certificate, they reappear after an hour or upon running iisreset command. This problem is affecting both the CAS servers and mailbox role servers

Method i used to remove the certificates with no success.
Logged in the ecp, then under certificates tab for each exchange server i removed the expired or invalid certificates, then logged in each server and deleted the expired certificate using MMC certificate console.

Have done this like three times, with no success.

Mail flow is working fine, with exception of active sync issue which am tracking in another question.

What could be causing the certificates to reappear and how can i permanently remove the certificate from servers.

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  1. KyleXu-MSFT 26,256 Reputation points
    2022-09-19T01:20:38.553+00:00

    @Benard Mwanza

    Didi you follow this article to renew this certificate?

    In that article, you need to run command below to clear previous certificate information:

    Set-AuthConfig -ClearPreviousCertificate  
    

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