Handling CertificateAutogeneration Key Changes Using Cmdlets

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Updated: October 24, 2012

To change the CertificateAutogenerationKey:

  1. Run the following cmdlets from the PowerShell prompt of any machine.

    $FarmPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -String MyFarmsPassword -AsPlainText –Force  
Set-WFCertificateAutogenerationKey –Key $FarmPassword

  2. On every machine in the farm, run the following cmdlets.

    Stop-WFHost -Verbose  
$FarmPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -String MyFarmsPassword -AsPlainText –Force  
Update-WFHost -Key $FarmPassword –Verbose  
Start-WFHost -Verbose