Certificate Services Features

Certificate Services allows an organization to manage the issuing, renewal and revocation of certificates. It has a number of features which make it valuable to organizations that do not choose to rely upon external certification authorities and who need a flexible tool that can be adapted to the needs of the organization. The following sections provide specific details.

Section	Content
Active Directory	Active Directory integration
Adherence to Standards	Adherence to standards
Application Uses	Application uses
Extensibility	Extensible framework
Hardware Cryptography	Hardware cryptography support
Hierarchies	Hierarchy support
Policy Independence	Policy independence information
Requests	Request support
Transport Independence	Transport independence information