I was recently alerted to the situation that not all of our Microsoft customers have adjusted their language based on the new branding of Active Directory to include more than just Active Directory Domain Services. For example, people might just be searching for Certificate Services, when we now call...

If you have heard of Certificates Next Generation (silly name, I know), which is why people call them V3 templates at Microsoft most of the time, then you might wonder or already know that there could be some compatibility issues - the same is true for all "new" things. Just like my new office power...

If you have trouble with Certificate Autoenrollment or have ever had issues troubleshooting certificate autoenrollment in Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS), take a look at the notes compiled by Roger Grimes and turned into a TechNet Wiki article: Troubleshooting Certificate Autoenrollment...

To get the answer to that and other questions, like "How do I patch an offline root CA?" see the new TechNet Wiki article Offline Root Certification Authority (CA). del.icio.us Tags: certification authority , CA , AD CS , Active Directory Certificate Services , PKI Design , offline root CA , CA hierarchy...