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While Windows Server 2012 has been released recently, we can not use it (yet), because the latest version of Windows that our current VMware setup (ESXi 4.1) supports as guest OS is Server 2008 R2.

So I'llgo ll go for 2008 R2 and give it a shot.

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Basics

IPv6-only VLAN

A dedicated VLAN was created for IPv6-only systems, so that building, testing and configuring would not interfere with any production networks. Configuring this VLAN with only IPv6 allows to use simpler IP Access Control Lists (ACLs), and start from scratch:

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cp server.pem all.pem
cat chain.pem >> all.pem
openssl pkcs12 -export -inkey server.key -in all.pem -out server.pfx

Adding the key and

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certificates

Copy this file to the Windows server, and run mmc, then add the Certificates snap-in.

When it asks for who to manage certificates, select an account that the SQL Server has access to.

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