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AD CS certificate template requirements

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Observation details · observed 23 Oct 08:48 UTC
Observed by ChangeIntel
23 Oct 08:48 UTC
Source update metadata
2 Oct 17:38 UTC
First observed on this installation
5 Oct 23:18 UTC
Last successful check
today 03:43 UTC
Next check due
today 09:43 UTC

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Timeline

From the capture of 23 Oct 08:48 UTC

Settings and overrides named on this page

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  • ML-DSA

Requirements, exceptions and scope

Extracted automatically from Microsoft's wording. Confirm dates, conditions and whether they apply to you in the source before acting; a month or quarter is a window, not a day.

How this timeline changed

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  1. Exception added Securityin Design a secure templateMicrosoft's source, commit ecef043
  2. Requirement added Extensionsin Design a secure templateMicrosoft's source, commit ecef043
20 earlier changes
  1. Requirement added Compatibilityin Design a secure templateMicrosoft's source, commit ecef043
Observed history and review priority

Captured 23 Oct 08:48 UTC; extracted 23 Oct 08:48 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/d9863eb412f92fa5ec3a8ca32e2dd7cfe8095530f456ecb1866608d1166a435d.

Review priority. Extracted assertions require review · Publisher marks guidance tentative · Applicability or exceptions require review

0 date changes and 0 condition changes across 1 compared revisions. Suggested check interval: 6 hours.

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Retained observations · 9

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Microsoft's edits

History on GitHub

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  1. New AD CS articles and TOC update (#8448) Served on LearnView diff
  2. Updated TOC View diff
  3. Addressing PR feedback View diff
  4. Addressed feedback comments View diff
  5. Minor edits View diff
  6. Updated versions of Certificate Templates articles from 2008 Documentation View diff

Retained observations

  • 23 Oct 08:48 UTC · shown above
  • 13 Oct 00:55 UTC

    1 removed passage (18 words). The changed wording mentions dates and deadlines. Review the source to confirm the effect.

  • 5 Oct 23:18 UTC

    Baseline for retained history; no earlier retained text to compare.

What changed

First observed 18 Oct 2026

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Sources read 26 Oct 05:31 UTC · 271 of 271 readable · 269 fully read · documentation 464/464 current