How to Import/Export SSL Certificates in Windows

# How to Import/Export SSL Certificates in Windows

You can find applicable instructions for exporting and importing certificates
for your operating system at the following URLs:

## Exporting Windows certificates

- [Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730988.aspx)
- [Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh848628(v=wps.620).aspx)
- [Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh848628(v=wps.630).aspx)
- [Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh848628(v=wps.640).aspx)

## Importing Windows certificates

- [Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754489.aspx)
- [Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh848630(v=wps.620).aspx)
- [Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh848630(v=wps.630).aspx)
- [Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh848630(v=wps.640).aspx)

When you import certificates into the certificate store on computers with an
application that encrypts and decrypts the data, you must import the
certificates into either the machine certificate store or the certificate store
of the domain account running the application.