Importing and Exporting in Windows

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Export:

You have to export the certificate from MMC.

To do this open the mmc, (start>run>mmc) and open the certificates snap in.
Select "local computer account" when prompted.
You will then see on the left, certificates, please select the "personal" folder.
Find the certificate for the correct domain, and then right click it.
Select "all tasks" and then "export".

Insure you export the certificate WITH the private key, save the .pfx file to a USB Drive so you can import it easily.

Import:

You must now import the certificate onto the new server.

To do this open mmc, (start>run>mmc) and open the certificates snap in.
Select "local computer account" when prompted
You will then see on the left, certificates, please select the “personal” folder.
Right click the "personal" folder and select all "tasks>Import"
Find the .pfx file you saved previously and import the certificate and private key into the MMC

Now open IIS

Once you have open IIS, select the domain the certificate is for
Right click the domain, selecting properties
Then select "directory security" tab, and then "server certificates"
Now press "assign certificate"
Find the certificate you have just imported, and select it.