How to download the SSL certificate from a website using PowerShell?

Question

I want to download the SSL certificate from, say https://www.outlook.com, using PowerShell. Is it possible? Could someone help me?

Answer 1

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$webRequest = [Net.WebRequest]::Create("https://www.outlook.com")
try { $webRequest.GetResponse() } catch {}
$cert = $webRequest.ServicePoint.Certificate
$bytes = $cert.Export([Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509ContentType]::Cert)
set-content -value $bytes -encoding byte -path "$pwdOutlook.Com.cer"

My co-worker Michael J. Lyons shared this with me.