Renew certificates for Message Queuing

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To renew certificates for Message Queuing

Open Computer Management.
In the console tree, right-click Message Queuing.

Where?
- Computer Management/Services and Applications/Message Queuing
Click Properties.
In the Message Queuing Properties dialog box, click the User Certificate tab, and then under Internal certificate, click Renew.

A warning appears stating that authenticated messages that you have already sent using the current internal certificate may be rejected as not authenticated.
If rejecting those messages is acceptable, click Yes. Or, if it is not acceptable, click No and renew your internal certificate some other time.

Notes

To open Computer Management, right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
When the certificate is successfully renewed, a message appears stating that the internal certificate was successfully renewed and registered in Active Directory.
This task is not relevant for Message Queuing computers installed in workgroup mode.

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