PKI on Microsoft Virtual Server

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I've recently installed a PKI with a root heirachy. My question is the RootCA
and the SubordinateCA are doing very little work and it seems a waste of two
good servers, will MS support hosting you Certificate Authorities in a
Virtual Server environment ?
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Robert Field

 

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In article <751894FB-B9B9-43CB-AFA9-D07AEEE7C33F@microsoft.com>, in the
microsoft.public.win2000.security news group, =?Utf-8?B?
Um9iZXJ0IEZpZWxk?= <RobertField@discussions.microsoft.com> says...

> I've recently installed a PKI with a root heirachy. My question is the RootCA
> and the SubordinateCA are doing very little work and it seems a waste of two
> good servers, will MS support hosting you Certificate Authorities in a
> Virtual Server environment ?
>

http://www.support.microsoft.com/kb/897613

http://www.support.microsoft.com/kb/897614/


BTW - just because this may be supported (in the future) doesn't mean
that it is necessarily a good idea. Unless you use a network attached
Hardware Security module, you can't use an HSM if you go this route.

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Paul Adare
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