The hostname is just the computer name and the fully qualified domain name is the hostname plus the domain name after it.... hostname: bigbox fqdn: bigbox.mynetwork.com or commonly the fqdn ends in .local instead of .com but that is environment specific. Usually you'd have a private DNS that has your .local domain setup in it and a separate DNS server for the public where your .com lives. You ...
The friendlyname only seems to need to start with "*" but can contain whatever other name you want for it after that. In my case I had a cert valid for several different domains that didn't have a common root other than *.com and giving that as the friendly name seemed odd. So, I ended up calling it *-my-descriptive-name-here instead. And thanks @Garrett for the rename tip!
Common is used to indicate that someone or something is of the ordinary kind and not special in any way. Democracy might elevate the common man to a position of political superiority.
Despite the XML and Http in the name, XHR is used with other protocols than HTTP, and the data can be of many different types like HTML, CSS, XML, JSON, and plain text.
If you know the Enterprise CA server name, include -config CAserverFQDN\CAserver immediately after -submit. Otherwise, you'll get a popup prompting you to select the CA server instance (even if there's just one in the environment). If you don't specify an output file name, you will be prompted for one if the certificate is issued automatically.
How can I find out the name/IP address of the AD domain controller on my network?