Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Reviews & Product Details

Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services is one of essential things for securing that internal communication between servers and clients. It allow the use of things like internal intune configuration, windows hello and secondary factors. there are a lot more uses for this and a lot of how-to guides and documentation for many other types of usage.

Microsoft Learn in particular provides a lot of support guides for this. I have for example used this a lot for VPN Security, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The tool itself is easy to install, but once installed you kind of "what now". there could be updated templates to reflect current usages such as passwordless for example. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It lacks support for cross platform usage and is limited to Microsoft products. Since it is a Windows based solution it does not manage Linux and MAC clients. This leads to performance issues in networks. Access to domain controllers is somewhat restricted. The configuration steps are difficult when using AWS certificate manager. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its availability on Azure Cloud hinders integration with cloud based environments. The lack of troubleshooting resources and advanced features makes smooth operation more difficult requiring time for issue resolution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its feature of allowing to setup a certificate authority for issuing and managing digital certificates. It comes with Active directory, so it is very easy and efficient to manage certificates for users and computers present in the domain environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing to dislike about this product but I want to highlight one important aspect that it is not suitable for integration with other platforms. It lacks in cross-platform support only good with Microsoft products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its compatibility with non Microsoft platforms and performance issues in larger networks. Managing certificate expiration is difficult for domain controllers due to access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The limitations on Azure Cloud availability restrict its usage in cloud based environments. The lack of troubleshooting resources on the website makes problem solving difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We can define the user-level authentication per our requirements and the role (Role back Access Control) R-Back. We can customize, organize and manage the data through it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a Windows-based solution only. Lacking to manage the Linux and MAC client system for which we need to opt the LDAP. It can also cause performance use in the more extensive network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use and UI is also good of Microsoft AD certificate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Active Directory Certificate Services has limited access for domain controllers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Single place/vault to keep track of Certificates within the environment

Easy to integrate with alerting system in jira Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Configuration steps are bit complex w.r.t to AWS certificate manager Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Supports MDM. It's been around for ages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Managing cert expiration. When not carefully managed it becomes a big problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of Administration when come to generate Certificate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lack the features to generate CSR rather than using third party tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PKI, since it is the most attractive thing in AD CS and everyone would be looking after security in order to get the out of it. Competitors has other encryptions in place so MS has always known for its secure services. Other competitors work as Shared Responsibility model Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface needs to me more lively and colorful. And GUI must be more simplest and interactive. this will give more confidence to the customers who are using it on a daily basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.