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The Certification Authority recommends that you store your digital certificate and private key on a smart card.

The certificate store is located in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE root. Current user certificate store: This certificate store is local to a user account on the computer. This certificate store is located in the registry under the HKEY_CURRENT_USER root.

Key Vault is used to store certificates that are associated to Cloud Services (extended support). Key Vaults can be created through the Azure portal and PowerShell. Add the certificates to Key Vault, then reference the certificate thumbprints in Service Configuration file.

Do Digital Certificates Expire? Digital certificates validity periods are specific to each type of certificate. Currently, code signing certificates are valid for up to three years while SSL certificates are valid for just over one year.

Use a physical safe or a fireproof safe: This can be done if you have a physical copy of the certificate. Keeping them in a safe will prevent it from damage due to fire, water or physical access.

On a computer that has the Windows operating system installed, the operating system stores a certificate locally on the computer in a storage location called the certificate store.

A certificate store is a special key database file that Digital Certificate Manager (DCM) uses to store digital certificates. The certificate store contains the certificate's private key unless you choose to use an IBM® Cryptographic Coprocessor to store the key instead.

Keys and certificates are stored in keystores and truststores. Private keys and personal certificates are stored in keystores. Public keys and CA certificates are stored in truststores. A truststore is a keystore that by convention contains only trusted keys and certificates.

Adding your certificate to the Microsoft Windows certificate... From the Windows Start menu, click Start > Run and enter mmc to open the Microsoft Management Console. Click File > Add/Remove Snap-in from the Microsoft Management Console. Click Add. Select Certificates and click Add.

The certificate expiration date is encoded in its body and cannot be changed. To extend the secure connection, it is necessary to replace the expiring certificate on hosting server by a new one with an extended validity period.