Assume the following scenario:
- A Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service (CEP) is implemented in the network.
- An enrollment policy is configured.
- Testing the connection fails with the following error message:
Error: The input data was not in the expected format or did not have the expected value. 0x803d0000 (-2143485952 WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT)
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)„.
Cause
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This error usually occurs when the CEP URL is written incorrectly. A service responds (in this case the IIS default web page, since the entered URL points to it), but it is not the CEP service.
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