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description: Learn how to install certificates in various SQL Server configurations. Examples include single instances, failover clusters, and Always On availability groups.
This article describes how to deploy and manage certificates across your [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Always On Failover Cluster Instance (FCI) or Availability Group (AG) topology.
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This article describes how to deploy and manage certificates across your [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Always On failover cluster instance (FCI) or availability group (AG) topology.
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SSL/TLS certificates are widely used to secure access to [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)]. With earlier versions of [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)], organizations with large [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] estates had to spend considerable effort to maintain their [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] certificate infrastructure, often through developing scripts and running manual commands.
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- Deploy certificates across AG machines from the node holding the primary replica.
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- Deploy certificates across FCI machines from the active node.
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You can use certificate management in [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Configuration Manager with earlier versions of [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)], starting with [!INCLUDE [sql2008-md](../../includes/sql2008-md.md)].
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::: moniker range=">=sql-server-ver15"
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> [!NOTE]
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> You can use certificate management in [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Configuration Manager with earlier versions of [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)], starting with [!INCLUDE [sql2008-md](../../includes/sql2008-md.md)].
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> These instructions apply to [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Configuration Manager for [!INCLUDE [sssql19-md](../../includes/sssql19-md.md)] and later versions. For [!INCLUDE [sssql17-md](../../includes/sssql17-md.md)] and earlier versions, see [Certificate management (SQL Server 2017 Configuration Manager)](manage-certificates.md?view=sql-server-2017&preserve-view=true).
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::: moniker-end
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::: moniker range="<= sql-server-2017"
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> [!NOTE]
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> These instructions apply to [!INCLUDE [ssnoversion-md](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Configuration Manager for [!INCLUDE [sssql17-md](../../includes/sssql17-md.md)] and earlier versions. For [!INCLUDE [sssql19-md](../../includes/sssql19-md.md)] and later versions, see [Certificate management (SQL Server 2019 Configuration Manager)](manage-certificates.md?view=sql-server-ver15&preserve-view=true).
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## <aid="provision-single-server-cert"></a> Install a certificate for a single SQL Server instance
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1. Choose the **Certificate** tab, and then select **Import**.
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1. Choose the certificate type and select **Next** to select from the list of known AGs.
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1. Choose the certificate type and select **Next** to select from the list of known availability groups.
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1. Select **Next** to choose certificates for each replica node. Certificates should have a file name that matches the netbios name of the nodes.
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