How to prepare for the new Exchange Online certificate

[AdrianG001]

The new certificate is issued by a different certificate authority (CA) from the previous certificate used by Exchange Online. As a result, you may need to perform some actions in order to use the new certificate.

The new certificate requires connecting to the endpoints of the new CA as part of validating the certificate. Failure to do so can result in mail flow being negatively affected. If you protect your mail servers with firewalls that only let the mail servers connect with certain destinations you need to check if your server is able to validate the new certificate. To confirm that your server can use the new certificate, complete these steps:

Connect to your local Exchange Server using Windows PowerShell and then run the following command:

certutil -URL http://crl.globalsign.com/gsorganizationvalsha2g3.crl

On the window that appears, choose Retrieve.
When the utility completes its check it returns a status. If the status displays OK, then your mail server can successfully validate the new certificate. If not, you need to determine what is causing the connections to fail. Most likely, you need to update the settings of a firewall. The full list of endpoints that need to be accessed include:

ocsp.globalsign.com
crl.globalsign.com
secure.globalsign.com

Normally, you receive updates to your root certificates automatically through Windows Update. However some deployments have additional security in place that prevents these updates from occurring automatically. In these locked-down deployments where Windows Update can’t automatically update root certificates, you need to ensure that the correct root CA certificate is installed by completing these steps:

Connect to your local Exchange Server using Windows PowerShell and then run the following command:

certmgr.msc
Under Trusted Root Certification Authority/Certificates, confirm that the new certificate is listed.

If you need more Exchange online plans and pricing then contact microsoft.

Regards,
Adrian

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