# Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services, AD CS: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/microsoft-active-directory-certificate-services-ad-cs

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Certificate lifecycle management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/certificate-lifecycle-management/index.md) | 0% | 92 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "AD CS is bundled, ubiquitous — and its misconfigured templates are attacker highways. Audit or modernize." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Certificate management)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services, AD CS, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- akamai.com: 1
- akeyless.io: 1
- appviewx.com: 1
- cybersecuritynews.com: 1
- delinea.com: 1
- developers.cloudflare.com: 1
- digicert.com: 1
- digitalheroesco.com: 1
- docs.axonius.com: 1
- emudhra.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://akamai.com/site/en/documents/white-paper/2026/tls-certificate-lifecycles-white-paper.pdf: 1
- https://akeyless.io/blog/blog-best-certificate-lifecycle-management-software: 1
- https://appviewx.com/blogs/pki-and-clm-insights-from-2024-preparing-for-a-cyber-resilient-2025: 1
- https://cybersecuritynews.com/best-certificate-lifecycle-pki-tools: 1
- https://delinea.com/blog/fast-unified-pam-and-certificate-lifecycle-management: 1
- https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/reference/migration-guides/entrust-distrust: 1
- https://digicert.com/campaigns/switch-to-digicert-web-security: 1
- https://digicert.com/content/dam/digicert/pdfs/certificate-management-ultimate-guide-en.pdf: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.