# Automating Certificate Imports on Microsoft Systems - Certificate Imported but Not Applied **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [May 26, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/automating-certificate-imports-on-microsoft-systems-certificate-imported-but-not-applied/34980 "2017-05-26T13:34:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![ahaw021](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/ahaw021/32/14882_2.png) [@ahaw021](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/ahaw021)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/automating-certificate-imports-on-microsoft-systems-certificate-imported-but-not-applied/34980/2 "2017-05-27T12:07:18Z")
hi @mobamoba You should really use a Windows Library to do this. You are missing an important point. Importing a certificate (thumbprint xx:xx:xx) is not the same as applying it to a service. If you want to for example apply a certificate to an IIS site you have to use the the thumpbrint. Lets say you have a binding for domain test.xyz and two certificates for that domain (yy:yyy:yy) IIS will not start using (xx:xx:xx) until you tell it to review: [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/manage/powershell/powershell-snap-in-configuring-ssl-with-the-iis-powershell-snap-in](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/manage/powershell/powershell-snap-in-configuring-ssl-with-the-iis-powershell-snap-in) Also review this article which shows some of the automation you can do: [Using Let's Encrypt to secure Windows Remote Desktop connections](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/using-lets-encrypt-to-secure-windows-remote-desktop-connections/29964/4) Andrei --- _[View the full topic](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/automating-certificate-imports-on-microsoft-systems-certificate-imported-but-not-applied/34980)._