Creating CSR for non Microsoft Systems and signing with a Microsoft CA

Problem:

Recently I needed to create a number of certificates for non-Microsoft systems such as ESXi hosts, NAS/SAN units and some security applications.  The problem was that most of these systems did not have a facility for generating a CSR.  I needed to create the CSR in OpenSSL sign the certificate with a Microsoft CA and then generate a certificate.

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Re-use your existing wildcard certificate on another server

Problem:

If you have already paid for a wild card certificate for  a domain, it makes sense to use it wherever you can.  In this example I am using an existing wildcard certificate used for the company website for an Exchange 2016 server.

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Configure 802.1x certificate based authentication on Meraki wireless access points with Microsoft NPS authentication

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Problem:
I wanted to enable full network access to company users via the existing Cisco Meraki wireless access points. The problem is that these traditionally have only been used for guest Wi-Fi access and I need to be 100% certain that it will be secure.

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