While troubleshooting authentication and identity federation for things such as ADFS and similar technologies, it is often necessary to see the thumbprints of the certificates that are installed on a  Server or client machine.

I have found that the quickest way to obtain this information is via PowerShell. And being that I love scripting it only adds to my joy 😉 The following command will provide you with the Subject Name and the respective Thumbprint for any installed machine installed certificate:

Get-ChildItem -path cert:\LocalMachine\My