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Assume the following scenario:

• An Active Directory integrated certification authority (enterprise CA) is integrated in the network.
• The certification authority was migrated to a new server (see also the article "Migration of an Active Directory integrated certification authority (Enterprise Certification Authority) to another server ").
• When publishing the certificate templates, one notices that only the default certificate templates can be selected for publication. Custom certificate templates are not displayed.

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Assume the following scenario:

• You try to request a certificate from an Active Directory integrated certification authority (enterprise CA).
• To do this, you use the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), either for the logged-on user (certmgr.msc) or for the computer (certlm.msc).
• However, the desired certificate template is not offered for selection, even though it has been correctly published on the certification authority.
• The logged-on user (or computer) also has the necessary permissions to request certificates from the certificate template in question (Enroll).
• In the list of available certificate templates within the MMC, you have all certificate templates displayed. The desired certificate template shows:

A valid certification authority (CA) configured to issue certificates based on this template cannot be located, or the CA does not support this operation, or the CA is not trusted.

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