Enroll, Install, and Publish Digital Certificates (Windows)

Summary

This article provides instructions for installing Digital Certificates. Digital Certificates are used for email encryption and signing.

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Note:  The Digital Certificate enrollment process is no longer supported at UT Dallas.
If you need a document signed and sent to someone within the University or a third party, please visit DocuSign. For assistance with DocuSign, please contact the OBF Help Desk or email DocuSign@utdallas.edu.

Installing the Digital Certificate

  • Open the directory in which you saved your certificate file.  Commonly, this would be your Downloads folder.
  • Double-click on the certificate.
    • This should launch the Certificate Import Wizard.
  • When the wizard launches, the Current User option should be selected by default. If not, select it and click Next.

Certificate Import Wizard homescreen.

  • Enter the name of the file you want to import or click on Browse… to select it from your device > Next.

File to be imported in the Certificate Import Wizard.

  • Click Next on the screen until prompted to enter your password for the private key.
    • Enter the PKCS#12 password you set when you originally requested your certificate.
    • Check the Mark this key as exportable box.
    • Check the Include all extended properties box.
    • Click Next.

Private key protection and password screen.

  • Select a location for the certificate to be saved on your device > Next.

Location selection for downloading the digital certificate.

  • Select Finish.
Note: If you are using your certificate to sign a document, you are done. If you are using the certificate to sign an email, you will first need to Publish Your Certificate to the Global Address List.

Publishing Digital Certificate

Note: If you are using the certificate to sign an email, you will first need to Publish Your Certificate to the Global Address List. The steps below are currently only available in Classic Outlook.
  • Open Outlook > File.
  • On the left bottom of the page, click on Options > Trust Center.
  • Select Trust Center Settings....

Trust Center Settings screen.

  • Click Email Security in the left pane.
  • Under the "Digital IDs (Certificates)" section, click the Publish to GAL... button.
    • If the Publish to GAL... button is unavailable, or if you are trying to do this process on an operating system outside of Windows, upload the certificate file along with the password.
  • Click OK.

Publishing the certificate to the Global Address List after installation.

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Article ID: 29
Created
Mon 11/22/21 1:36 PM
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Wed 4/29/26 2:17 PM

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