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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.
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author: rwestMSFT
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ms.author: randolphwest
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ms.date: 04/18/2024
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ms.date: 06/20/2024
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ms.service: sql
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ms.subservice: configuration
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ms.topic: conceptual
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[!INCLUDE [sql-windows-only](../../includes/applies-to-version/sql-windows-only.md)]
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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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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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> [!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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> [!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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## <a id="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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