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Certification authority (AD CS)

AD CS

On Windows Server, you can deploy a certification authority on your company's intranet by installing the "Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)" role.
The creation of a certification authority in an intranet allows you to secure many services accessible only from your company's computers for free.

The advantages of deploying a certification authority include :

  • price : no need to buy expensive SSL certificates from GeoTrust, digicert, ...
  • security : if the server where the certification authority is installed is well protected, you will be able to protect all communications in your local network thanks to the HTTPS protocol of each service (web server, RDS server, ...)
  • certificate validity : generated certificates will come from a trusted certification authority (if client computers are configured correctly) and will not be self-signed. Knowing that self-signed certificates may be prohibited in some cases (especially for remote connections that allow you to access RemoteApps).
  • only one configuration on the client side is required : you only need to import the certificate of your authority into the trust authority store of your client PCs for all your certificates to be considered valid.
  • and more

Courses

  • Learn how to use Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) on WS 2016
    • 1/7/2025

    Learn how to use Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) on WS 2016

    Explore Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) on Windows Server 2016. This course covers encryption, PKI infrastructure configuration, certificate management, security, and the use of smart cards.

Tutorials

  • SafeNet Authentication Client (SAC) - Installation and overview

    1/26/2024

    SafeNet Authentication Client (SAC) - Installation and overview

  • What is encryption and how does it work ?

    9/8/2023

    What is encryption and how does it work ?

  • WS 2012 / 2012 R2 - Create an enterprise root CA

    8/15/2014

    WS 2012 / 2012 R2 - Create an enterprise root CA

  • WS 2016 - AD CS - Backup and restore a certificate authority (CA)

    12/29/2023

    WS 2016 - AD CS - Backup and restore a certificate authority (CA)

  • WS 2016 - AD CS - Buy smart cards and log in via them

    1/19/2024

    WS 2016 - AD CS - Buy smart cards and log in via them

  • WS 2016 - AD CS - Create a recovery agent to recover certificates

    1/5/2024

    WS 2016 - AD CS - Create a recovery agent to recover certificates

  • WS 2016 - AD CS - Create an enrollment agent

    1/12/2024

    WS 2016 - AD CS - Create an enrollment agent

  • WS 2016 - AD CS - Deploy a multi-site PKI infrastructure

    12/22/2023

    WS 2016 - AD CS - Deploy a multi-site PKI infrastructure

  • WS 2016 - AD CS - Enable and use automatic certificate enrollment

    10/13/2023

    WS 2016 - AD CS - Enable and use automatic certificate enrollment

  • WS 2016 - AD CS - Export or import a certificate with or without its private key

    9/22/2023

    WS 2016 - AD CS - Export or import a certificate with or without its private key

  • WS 2016 - AD CS - Fix the issue of an expired CRL on a root CA (0x80092013)

    12/15/2023

    WS 2016 - AD CS - Fix the issue of an expired CRL on a root CA (0x80092013)

  • WS 2016 - AD CS - How revocation works and publishing a CRL ?

    11/3/2023

    WS 2016 - AD CS - How revocation works and publishing a CRL ?

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