Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Reviews

Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Description

This document provides an overview on Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS), in Windows Server®. AD CS allows you to create a public key infrastructure (PKI), and provide digital certificates, digital signature capabilities, and public key cryptography for your organization. AD CS offers customizable services to issue and manage digital certificates that are used in software security systems that use public key technologies. AD CS offers digital certificates that can be used to encrypt or digitally sign electronic documents. These digital certificates can be used to authenticate computer, user, and device accounts on a network. AD CS can be used to increase security by binding the identity a person, device or service to a corresponding key. AD CS allows you to manage the distribution of certificates in a cost-effective, secure, and efficient manner.