Script that will allow you to import a certificate for use on Windows Server 2008 and upwards.

import-certificate.ps1

.\import-certificate.ps1 -CertificateName "" -CertLocation ""

param(
    [Parameter(
            Mandatory=$true,
            HelpMessage="Name of the cert - this will copy the certificate from tron to the local machine")]
    [string]$CertificateName,

    [Parameter(
            Mandatory=$true,
            HelpMessage="The location of the certificate. This currently cannot be a remote location as the script would need to map drives to access it")]
    [string]$CertLocaton,

    [Parameter(
            Mandatory=$false,
            HelpMessage="Root store for the certificate (default is LocalMachine)")]
    [string]$CertRootStore = "LocalMachine",

    [Parameter(
            Mandatory=$false,
            HelpMessage="The directory to store the certificate (default is My)")]
    [string]$CertStoreDirectory = "My",

    [Parameter(
            Mandatory=$false,
            HelpMessage="The password for the certificate")]
    [string]$CertPassword
)

function Import-PfxCertificate($certName, $CertLocaton, $certRootStore, $certStore, $certPath) {   
   
   $pfx = new-object System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2    
  
   $pfxPass = convertto-securestring $CertPassword -asplaintext -force

   $certPath = $CertLocaton + "\" + $certName   
   $pfx.import($certPath,$pfxPass,"Exportable,PersistKeySet")    
  
   $store = new-object System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Store($certStore,$certRootStore)    
   $store.open("MaxAllowed")    
   $store.add($pfx)    
   $store.close()    
}

Write-Host('Starting Certificate Import')
Import-PfxCertificate $CertificateName $CertLocaton $certRootStore $CertStoreDirectory