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Microsoft Certificate Services

Microsoft Certificate Services

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What is Microsoft Certificate Services?

Microsoft Certificate Services (now called Active Directory Certificate Services or AD CS) is a Microsoft Windows Server role that allows you to build a public key infrastructure (PKI) and provide public key cryptography, digital certificates, and signing capabilities to organizations. It is commonly used to issue certificates for various purposes, including securing web servers with SSL/TLS, securing email communications with S/MIME, authenticating users and devices on a network, code signing, and issuing smart card certificates.

What other technologies are related to Microsoft Certificate Services?

Microsoft Certificate Services Competitor Technologies

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) provides cloud-based certificate services that compete with on-premises Microsoft Certificate Services.
mentioned alongside Microsoft Certificate Services in 0% (127) of relevant job posts

Microsoft Certificate Services Complementary Technologies

Microsoft Certificate Services *is* a PKI. Therefore, they are strongly complementary.
mentioned alongside Microsoft Certificate Services in 0% (151) of relevant job posts
ADFS can use certificates issued by Microsoft Certificate Services for authentication and secure communication, making it complementary.
mentioned alongside Microsoft Certificate Services in 0% (67) of relevant job posts
Microsoft Certificate Services is often integrated with Active Directory for certificate enrollment and management.
mentioned alongside Microsoft Certificate Services in 0% (226) of relevant job posts

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