Introduction
Today, in this article let's play around with one of the interesting and most useful concepts in Azure.
Question: What is using certificates for hosted service in Azure?
In simple terms "It is used to authenticate and manage the security of a hosted service".
Step 1: Start up a Visual Studio command prompt with Administrator access mode.
Step 2: The following command should be used in the command prompt:
makecert -sky exchange -r -n "CN=MVC Corp" -pe -a sha1 -len 2048 -ss My "MVC Corp.cer"
Step 3: Open certmgr.msc.
Step 4: Navigate to personal certification and look up for created certificate.
Step 5: Export the certificate.
Step 6: The Export Certificate Wizard fires up, as in:
Step 7: Export with a private key and follow all further screen options.
Step 8: Add a certificate in the Azure portal.
Step 9: Add a certificate file for the hosted service.