Obtaining the AD FS certificate from the AD FS Management Console

Complete the following steps to get the AD FS certificate from the AD FS Management console:
  1. Access the appropriate AD FS Management console:
    • On Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Server platform, access the AD FS 2.0 Management Console and click to expand
      AD FS 2.0
      .
    • On Microsoft Windows 2012 Server platforms and above, access the AD FS 3.0 Management Console and click to expand
      AD FS
      .
  2. Expand
    Service
    and select
    Certificates
    .
  3. On the right side, open the certificate under
    Token-Signing
    .
  4. Under the
    Details
    tab, click
    Copy to File
    .
  5. Complete the
    Certificate Export Wizard
    and save the file in the .CER format.