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Certificate Services

Certificate Services

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What is Certificate Services?

Certificate Services (also known as Active Directory Certificate Services or AD CS) is a Windows Server role that allows you to build a public key infrastructure (PKI) and provide public key cryptography, digital certificates, and signing capabilities to your organization. It is commonly used to issue certificates for various purposes, including user and computer authentication, secure email (S/MIME), secure web browsing (SSL/TLS), code signing, document signing, and VPN connections. It enables secure communication and trust within a network and over the internet.

What other technologies are related to Certificate Services?

Certificate Services Complementary Technologies

LDS can be used to store certificate revocation information or other certificate-related data, complementing Certificate Services.
mentioned alongside Certificate Services in 54% (76) of relevant job posts
Federation Services often use certificates issued by Certificate Services to establish trust between different identity providers, therefore complementing Certificate Services.
mentioned alongside Certificate Services in 13% (87) of relevant job posts
Group Policies can be used to deploy certificates to computers and users within an Active Directory domain, which complements Certificate Services.
mentioned alongside Certificate Services in 4% (305) of relevant job posts

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