PowerShell PKI Module Documentation

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Connect-CertificationAuthority

Synopsis

Connects to a specified Certification Authority server.

Syntax

Connect-CertificationAuthority [[-ComputerName] <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Connects to a specified Certification Authority server. The command supports connection to a single Standalone or Enterprise CA server.

This command is similar to Get-CertificationAuthority and it's result can be piped to any command that accepts the Get-CertificationAuthority command's output.

Parameters

-ComputerName <String[]>

Specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or short name (NetBIOS) of the computer that hosts Certification Authority role.

Required?	False
Position?	0
Default value	. (local computer)
Accept pipeline input?	true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
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

None.

Outputs

PKI.CertificateServices.CertificateAuthority

Notes

Examples

Example 1

PS C:\> Connect-CertificationAuthority

Attempts to connect to a CA server that is installed on a local computer.

Example 2

PS C:\> Connect-CertificationAuthority -ComputerName ca01.company.com

Attempts to connect to a CA server that is installed on a 'ca01.company.com' computer.

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