Certificate Services

Certificate Services provides customizable services for issuing and managing certificates that are used in software security systems that employ public key technology. Certificate Services is available on computers running XOX; XOX; and XOX.

• Before deploying certification authorities and a public key infrastructure, see Checklist: Creating a certification hierarchy with an offline root certification authority.
• Before configuring certification authorities and clients for certificate autoenrollment, see Checklist: Configuring certificate autoenrollment.
• Before removing a deployed certification authority from your enterprise, see Checklist: Decommissioning a certification authority.
• For tips about using Certificate Services, see Best practices.
• For help with specific tasks, see How to.
• For general background information, see Concepts.
• For problem-solving instructions, see Troubleshooting.