In order to request a new certificate from a public CA, you will need to spin out a CSR on your web server. Here are the steps to do so:
- Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
- Click on the name of your server in the left-hand window pane.
- Double-click on the Server Certificates applet. This will display currently installed certificates on your server:
- Click on the action near the right of your screen that says Create Certificate Request....
- Populate Common name with the DNS name that your website will be running on. This is the name that users will type into their browsers in order to access this site.
- Organization ...