Generate Self Signed Certificates On Windows 7

This post shows you how to generate self signed certificates on Windows 7. To generate self signed certificates you must have IIS 7.5 installed because you will generate your certificate from within IIS manager.

Step 1

Launch IIS manager and in Filter type “Certificates” to see the Server Certificates Feature.

Step 2

Double click on Server Certificates feature and click on Create Self-Signed Certificate… in Actions panel on the right.

Step 3

Give your certificate a friendly name and click OK.

Congratulations you have just generated your self signed certificate. You can right click on the certificate you generated and export it to a file.