Examining Certificate Details

by Mar 31, 2017

If you’d like to examine and view the details of a certificate file without the need to import it into your certificate store, here is a simple example:

# replace path with actual path to CER file 
$Path = 'C:\Path\To\CertificateFile\test.cer'

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Security
[Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2]$cert = [Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2]::CreateFromCertFile($Path)

$cert | Select-Object -Property *

You can now access all details and retrieve thumbprint or check expiration date:

 
PS C:\> $cert.Thumbprint
7A5A350D95247BB173CDF0867ADA2DBFFCCABDE6

PS C:\> $cert.NotAfter

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