Step 6: Provide certificate’s thumbprint to Synchronization Service
Perform the next steps on each computer running the Synchronization Service that participates in the password sync operations.
To provide the thumbprint to Synchronization Service
- On the computer running the Synchronization Service, start Group Policy Object Editor, and then connect to the Local Computer Policy Group Policy object.
- In the Group Policy Object Editor console, expand the Local Computer Policy node, expand the Computer Configuration node, and select Administrative Templates.
- On the Action menu, point to All Tasks, and click Add/Remove Templates.
- In the Add/Remove Templates dialog box, click Add, and then use the Policy Templates dialog box to open the SyncService.adm file that holds the Administrative Template.
- By default, the SyncService.adm file is stored in <Active Roles installation folder>\SyncServiceCaptureAgent\Administrative Templates.
- Under Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Active Roles, select Sync Service Settings.
- In the details pane, double-click Certificate to encrypt Capture Agent traffic.
- Select the Enabled option, and then paste the certificate’s thumbprint (the one you copied in Step 4: Copy certificate’s thumbprint) in the Thumbprint text box. When finished, click OK.
- For the changes to take effect, refresh the Group Policy settings by running the following command at a command prompt: gpupdate /force