# Stage Configure certificate templates for ML-DSA in Windows Server with AD/DNS rollback checks > Use Configure certificate templates for ML-DSA in Windows Server to review this narrow operational decision without extending the source beyond its stated scope. - Canonical URL: https://update.dsesecurity.com/updates/stage-configure-certificate-templates-for-ml-dsa-in-windows-server-with-ad-dns-rollback-checks/ - Publisher: Detection Systems & Engineering (DSE Security) - Author: DSE Security Editorial Team - Published: 2026-08-27T17:06:03+00:00 - Modified: 2026-08-27T17:11:10+00:00 - Last reviewed by DSE: 2026-08-27 - Resource type: Explainer - DSE priority: Advisory - Topics: Cybersecurity, Microsoft 365 & Identity, Networks & Infrastructure - Reading time: 3 minutes ## What you need to know Use Configure certificate templates for ML-DSA in Windows Server to review this narrow operational decision without extending the source beyond its stated scope. ## Potentially affected Teams, systems, services, or facilities within the stated scope of Configure certificate templates for ML-DSA in Windows Server ## DSE recommendation Compare the observed state with the cited official source, document applicability and exceptions, and test any approved change with rollback safeguards. ## Article Frame this document as a source-led configuration and assurance check: Stage Configure certificate templates for ML-DSA in Windows Server with AD/DNS rollback checks. Only the official source and traced locations below supply facts. Confirm applicability before acting. ## Source fact: The official [Configure certificate templates for ML-DSA in Windows Server](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-cs/configure-ml-dsa-certificate-templates) from Microsoft supports the following bounded statements: - At Introduction below H1, Microsoft states: “This article describes how to configure Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) certificate templates to use Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Algorithm (ML-DSA) as the public key algorithm.” The research record locates this support at Introduction below H1. - At Introduction below H1, Microsoft states: “After configuring certificate templates, users and computers with appropriate permissions can enroll for ML-DSA certificates.” The research record locates this support at Introduction below H1. Only the traced statements above are asserted as source facts. Apply the review to certification authorities, templates, enrollment paths, certificate subjects, private-key handling, and delegated PKI roles after confirming that the source and deployed context match. ## What the source does not establish The cited page and retained statements do not establish the current state of any DSE or customer environment, prove that the documented configuration is applicable, or authorize a production change. Confirm supported versions, dependencies, and the current live source before use. Do not read the source as proof of implementation or permission to change production. Its guidance remains conditional on Active Directory, Windows DNS, time, domain-controller reachability, HTTP or LDAP publication, and protected administrative identities and the environment’s recorded constraints. ## Applicability questions - For source statement 1 at Introduction below H1, which observable configuration, record, or test can confirm applicability here? - For source statement 2 at Introduction below H1, which observable configuration, record, or test can confirm applicability here? - Within certification authorities, templates, enrollment paths, certificate subjects, private-key handling, and delegated PKI roles, which versions, roles, and configuration states define the review population? - Could Active Directory, Windows DNS, time, domain-controller reachability, HTTP or LDAP publication, and protected administrative identities invalidate the test, hide a failure, or change applicability? - Who owns the decision, and which observation requires stopping, escalation, or rollback? ## DSE recommendation: DSE recommends using the cited source as the evidence anchor for this decision. Begin by recording scope and current state before deciding whether a change is warranted. Record the source location, examined part of certification authorities, templates, enrollment paths, certificate subjects, private-key handling, and delegated PKI roles, observed and expected states, owner, and reason for deviation. Translate the conclusion into change control only after documenting dependencies, impact, test method, expected signals, failure signals, and restoration steps. Include Active Directory, Windows DNS, time, domain-controller reachability, HTTP or LDAP publication, and protected administrative identities, while excluding secrets and sensitive personal or topology data from ordinary tickets. ## Verification and evidence Build a reproducible chain from Introduction below H1; Introduction below H1 to the observed environment. Useful domain evidence includes CA and template exports, enrollment tests, certificate chains, access-control entries, event logs, and revocation-path checks; label every item with scope, timestamp, collector, and stable identifier. Label this evidence set DSE-20260827-083 so observations, approvals, exceptions, and later rechecks cannot be substituted from another source review. Retain the starting state, authorization, execution record, outcome, deviation, and final state as one review package. Move disruptive checks to an approved test path. Reopen the decision when versions, design, dependencies, ownership, or official guidance changes. ## Official references - [Configure certificate templates for ML-DSA in Windows Server](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-cs/configure-ml-dsa-certificate-templates) — Microsoft ## Primary reference - Name: Configure certificate templates for ML-DSA in Windows Server - Authority: Microsoft Learn - URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-cs/configure-ml-dsa-certificate-templates - Source publication date: Not stated by the source ## Citation and use Preferred citation: “Stage Configure certificate templates for ML-DSA in Windows Server with AD/DNS rollback checks,” DSE Security, https://update.dsesecurity.com/updates/stage-configure-certificate-templates-for-ml-dsa-in-windows-server-with-ad-dns-rollback-checks/ Publishing principles: https://update.dsesecurity.com/updates/dse-updates-editorial-methodology/ Usage and citation policy: https://update.dsesecurity.com/usage/ Copyright © 2026 Detection Systems & Engineering. 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