In Configuration Manager, the CreateIdentity method creates a PXE certificate identity that is used in the client configuration file. This method is used to create a new self-signed certificate.

HRESULT CreateIdentity(
	BSTR FriendlyName,
	BSTR SubjectName,
	BSTR SMSID,
	VARIANT* StartTime,
	VARIANT* EndTime,
   VARIANT* Identity
);

Parameters

FriendlyName


Data type: BSTRQualifiers: [in]Friendly name of the certificate identity.
SubjectName


Data type: BSTRQualifiers: [in]Name of the certificate subject.
SMSID


Data type: BSTRQualifiers: [in]The GUID used to identify the certificate. This is the value of the SMSID property in SMS_CertificateInfo Server WMI Class.
StartTime


Data type: VARIANTQualifiers: [in]Time when the certificate becomes valid.
EndTime


Data type: VARIANTQualifiers: [in]Time when the validity of the certificate ends.
Identity


Data type: VARIANTQualifiers: [out, retval]PXE certificate identity. Can be used with SubmitRegistrationRecord Method in Class SMS_Site.

Return Values

An HRESULT code. Possible values include, but are not limited to, the following value.

S_OK


The method succeeded.

Remarks

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