Hasain Alshakarti

To enroll for a smart card certificate on behalf of someone, the user must have an enrollment agent certificate. The smart card enrollment agent can create smart cards on behalf of any user, including an enterprise administrator.

Follow the steps below to create an enrollment agent trusted to enroll for a smart card certificate on behalf of other users:

Create an Enrollment Agent enabled Smart Card Certificate Template:

1. Open the Certificate Template Management console
2. Right click the Smartcard User or Smartcard Logon template and choose Duplicate Template
   Note: If you are using a Windows 2008 CA or above you will be prompted to select the minimum CA for your new template. Select the 2003 Enterprise option.
3. Provide a name for the smart card template and set the validity period that you desire for the environment
4. On Request Handling tab, do the following
• Select Signature and smartcard logon under Purpose
• Under CSPs, select the CSP that should be used for your smart cards
5. On Issuance Requirements tab, do the following
• Select The number of authorized signatures: and set it to 1
• Under Policy type required in signature, select Application Policy
• Under Application Policy select Certificate request Agent
6. On the Security tab, make sure the user or group that is designated as enrollment agent has Read and Enroll permissions on the template
7. Click Apply and then OK.
8. Close Certificate Templates console
9. In the Certificate Authority snap-in, right click Certificate Templates folder and select New
10. Select “Certificate Template to Issue”
11. Select the new template and click Ok

Specify/adjust the permissions of the Enrollment Agents and publish the Enrollment Agent certifiacte template:

1. Open the Certificate Template Management console
2. Right-click the EnrollmentAgent template, and then click Properties
3. On the Security tab, make sure the user or group designated as an enrollment agent has Read and Enroll permissions on the template, and then click OK
4. In the Certificate Authority snap-in, right click Certificate Templates folder and select New
5. Select “Certificate Template to Issue”
6. Select the Enrollment Agent template and click Ok

Create a smart card certificate for a user using the new smart card template and the enrollment agent:

1. Log on to system that has a smart card reader with a user that has an Enrollment Agent certificate
2. Open certmgr.msc
3. Expand Personal, and then right-click on the Certificates folder
4. Select All Tasks > Advanced Operations > Enroll on behalf of from the context menu
5. Click Next
6. When prompted, browse to the signing certificate for the enrollment agent. Click Next
7. Select the certificate template you created, and click Next
8. Browse and select the user name (This will be the subject of the smartcard certificate) Click Enroll

Some interesting FIM CM 2010 links from Microsoft Donwloads:

Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management Smart Card Centralized Registration

Demonstrating FIM CM using a centralized smart card registration model in a test lab.

Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management User Smart Card Self-Service

Demonstrating User Smart Card Self-Service using FIM CM in a test lab.

Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management Delegated Smart Card Registration

Delegated smart card registration with FIM CM in a test lab.

Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management User Certificate Self-Service

Demonstrate using FIM CM for Self-Service certificate management.

Test Lab Guide: Installing Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management with Constrained Delegation, Update 1, and FIM 2010 Integration

Install FIM CM with Constrained Delegation, Update 1, and FIM 2010 in a test lab.