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# Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Reviews
**Vendor:** Microsoft  
**Category:** [Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/certificate-lifecycle-management-clm)  
**Average Rating:** 3.4/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 12
## About Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)
AD CS provides customizable services for issuing and managing digital certificates used in software security systems that employ public key technologies.




## Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Reviews
  ### 1. Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services Review

**Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** sanjay d. | Technical Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 25, 2023

**What do you like best about Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)?**

Single place/vault to keep track of Certificates within the environment
Easy to integrate with alerting system in jira

**What do you dislike about Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)?**

Configuration steps are bit complex w.r.t to AWS certificate manager

**What problems is Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We did not use it because of its unavailability on AZURE CLOUD

  ### 2. Used to managed digital certs

**Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 18, 2023

**What do you like best about Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)?**

Supports MDM. ITs been around for ages..

**What do you dislike about Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)?**

Managing cert expiration. When not carfully managed it becomes a big problem.

**What problems is Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I'm not an administor of the product.


## Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Discussions
  - [What is Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-microsoft-active-directory-certificate-services-ad-cs-used-for)

- [View Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-active-directory-certificate-services-ad-cs/reviews?filters%5Bnps_score%5D%5B%5D=3&section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-13+11%3A17%3A43+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=3ae35cd6-70af-469b-bbb3-5915ffb462f9&secure%5Btoken%5D=7cfaa0088d137e9f3ea1a7bfea2c37559a8656eb6b06beb43f5de74119ce9501&format=llm_user)

## Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Features
**Functionality**
- Certificate Discovery
- Expiration Monitoring
- Automated Certificate Operations
- Policy And Role-Based Access Controls
- Workflow
- Protocol Support
- Reporting And Search
- Audit And Enforcement
- Key Storage

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