PowerShell PKI Module Documentation

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Set-CertificateValidityPeriod

Synopsis

Sets maximum validity period for issued certificates.

Syntax

Set-CertificateValidityPeriod [-InputObject] <CertValiditySetting[]> [-ValidityPeriod] <String> [-RestartCA] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Sets maximum validity period for issued certificates. This setting is not absolute. Certificate actual validity period is the lesser value of the following:
for Standalone CA:
– estimated CA certificate validity period
– ValidityPeriod parameter value.

for Enterprise CA:
– estimated CA certificate validity period
– certificate template validity period value
– ValidityPeriod parameter value.

Parameters

-InputObject <CertValiditySetting[]>

Must be existing CertValidityPeriod object that contains current issued certificate validity settings. This object can by retrieved by running Get-CertificateValidityPeriod command.

Required?	True
Position?	0
Default value
Accept pipeline input?	true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters?	False

-ValidityPeriod <String>

Specifies new issed certificate validity settings. Must be set in the format: 'Digit PeriodUnit'. For example, '5 years'. Possible values for PeriodUnit are:
– Hours
– Days
– Weeks
– Months
– Years

Required?	True
Position?	1
Default value
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	False

-RestartCA <SwitchParameter>

Restarts CA service on the specified CA server to immediately apply changes.

Required?	False
Position?	named
Default value
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, InformationAction, InformationVariable,
WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable and OutVariable.
For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

PKI.CertificateServices.CertValidityPeriod

Outputs

PKI.CertificateServices.CertValidityPeriod

Notes

Examples

Example 1

PS C:\> Get-CertificationAuthority -Name Company-CA | Get-CertificateValidityPeriod | Set-CertificateValidityPeriod "10 years" -RestartCA

Sets certificate issued certificate validity period to '10 years'. After configuration is changed, the command will restart certificate services to immediately apply changes.

Example 2

PS C:\> Get-CertificationAuthority | Get-CertificateValidityPeriod | Set-CertificateValidityPeriod "5 years" -RestartCA

Sets certificate issued certificate validity period to '5 years' for all Enterprise CAs in the current forest and restarts CA service. After configuration is changed, the command will restart certificate services to immediately apply changes.

Minimum PowerShell version support

Windows PowerShell 3.0

Operating System Support

Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows 11
Windows Server 2008 R2 all editions
Windows Server 2012 all editions
Windows Server 2012 R2 all editions
Windows Server 2016 all editions
Windows Server 2019 all editions
Windows Server 2022 all editions