Details of the event with ID 8 of the source Microsoft-Windows-EnrollmentPolicyWebService

Event Source: Microsoft-Windows-EnrollmentPolicyWebService
Event ID: 8 (0x8)
Event log: Microsoft-Windows-EnrollmentPolicyWebService/Admin
Event type: Error
Event text (English): The Active Directory certificate enrollment policy provider failed to initialize. Try to restart Internet Information Services (IIS) by using iisreset.exe. If the problem persists, enable tracing in the web.config file, restart IIS, attempt to obtain policy information from any client, and then contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support with the trace file information. %1
Event text (German): Error initializing Active Directory certificate registration policy provider. Restart Internet Information Services (IIS) by running iisreset.exe. If the problem persists, enable tracing in the web.config file, restart IIS, retrieve policy information from any client, and then contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support with the information in the tracing file. %1

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The Certificate Enrollment Web Services (Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service, CEP, and Certificate Enrollment Web Service, CES) enable the automatic request and renewal of certificates from a certification authority via a Web-based interface. This eliminates the need to contact the certification authority directly via Remote Procedure Call (RPC). For a more detailed description, see the article "Certificate request basics via Certificate Enrollment Web Services (CEP, CES)„.

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