From c0e1575f37b597d4c3b0349170049c15b022db37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: LizRoss Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 06:59:22 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated with note about expired DRA certs --- windows/keep-secure/create-and-verify-an-efs-dra-certificate.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/windows/keep-secure/create-and-verify-an-efs-dra-certificate.md b/windows/keep-secure/create-and-verify-an-efs-dra-certificate.md index a2e26f0b66..5f9b52ebf2 100644 --- a/windows/keep-secure/create-and-verify-an-efs-dra-certificate.md +++ b/windows/keep-secure/create-and-verify-an-efs-dra-certificate.md @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ If you don’t already have an EFS DRA certificate, you’ll need to create and The recovery process included in this topic only works for desktop devices. WIP deletes the data on Windows 10 Mobile devices. >**Important**
-If you already have an EFS DRA certificate for your organization, you can skip creating a new one. Just use your current EFS DRA certificate in your policy. For more info about when to use a PKI and the general strategy you should use to deploy DRA certificates, see the [Security Watch Deploying EFS: Part 1](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.02.securitywatch.aspx) article on TechNet. For more general info about EFS protection, see [Protecting Data by Using EFS to Encrypt Hard Drives](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc875821.aspx). +If you already have an EFS DRA certificate for your organization, you can skip creating a new one. Just use your current EFS DRA certificate in your policy. For more info about when to use a PKI and the general strategy you should use to deploy DRA certificates, see the [Security Watch Deploying EFS: Part 1](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.02.securitywatch.aspx) article on TechNet. For more general info about EFS protection, see [Protecting Data by Using EFS to Encrypt Hard Drives](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc875821.aspx).

If your DRA certificate has expired, you won’t be able to encrypt your files with it. To fix this, you'll need to create a new certificate, using the steps in this topic, and then deploy it through policy. **To manually create an EFS DRA certificate**