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Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)

by Microsoft

12

Reviews

3.4

Star rating

#17

Rank in Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM)

Pros and cons

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      Key stats

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      9

      Mid-Market

      1

      Adoption by company size

      SegmentShare of reviews
      Small Business16.7%
      Mid-Market41.7%
      Enterprise41.7%

      Quarterly history

      QuarterReviewsStar rating

      Satisfaction ratings

      Ease of Use8.4
      Ease of Setup6.7
      Quality of Support9.0
      Meets Requirements8.4

      What reviewers say

      An Insecure and disorganized Solution

      1.0

      “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 step”

      Architect

      Compatibility Concerns and Performance Pains

      0.5

      “Its compatibility with non Microsoft platforms and performance issues in larger networks. Managing certificate expiration is difficult for domain controllers due to access.”

      Principal

      Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS)

      4.0

      “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 ”

      IT OPS Team Manager