Requesting certificates via Certificate Enrollment Web Services using Windows PowerShell fails with error message "Access was denied by the remote endpoint. 0x803d0005 (-2143485947 WS_E_ENDPOINT_ACCESS_DENIED)".

Assume the following scenario:

  • An attempt is made to request a certificate via Windows PowerShell using Certificate Enrollment Web Services.
  • The request fails with the following error message:
Get-Certificate : CX509EnrollmentPolicyWebService::LoadPolicy: Access was denied by the remote endpoint. 0x803d0005 (-2143485947 WS_E_ENDPOINT_ACCESS_DENIED)

The Certificate Enrollment Web Services (Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service, CEP, and Certificate Enrollment Web Service, CES) enable the automatic request and renewal of certificates from a certification authority via a Web-based interface. This eliminates the need to contact the certification authority directly via Remote Procedure Call (RPC). For a more detailed description, see the article "Certificate request basics via Certificate Enrollment Web Services (CEP, CES)„.

Example command:

Get-Certificate `
    -Url "https://cews.adcslabor.de/ADPolicyProvider_CEP_Kerberos/service.svc/CEP" `
    -Template "ADCSLaboratoryUser" `
    -CertStoreLocation Cert:\CurrentUser\My

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Possible causes:

See article "Requesting certificates via the Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service (CEP) fails with error message "Error: Access was denied by the remote endpoint. 0x803d0005 -2143485947 WS_E_ENDPOINT_ACCESS_DENIED".„.

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