Certificate Discovery and Management in Azure

Unplanned certificate expirations can bring critical business applications down in an instant. Managing certificates across complex cloud environments and on-premises infrastructure requires a systematic, automated discovery strategy. This text-based course guides you through identifying, tracking, and managing digital certificates across your entire enterprise footprint. You will start by mastering foundational certificate concepts, public key infrastructure (PKI) basics, and secure cloud storage principles. From there, you will learn how to systematically scan and catalog certificates deployed across key cloud resources and hybrid endpoints, ensuring complete visibility. What you'll learn: - Understand foundational certificate concepts, SSL/TLS handshakes, and PKI architecture - Discover certificates attached to App Gateways, App Services, and Key Vaults - Configure automated monitoring and alerting for upcoming certificate expirations - Map hybrid connections to track certificates across on-premises and cloud environments - Apply modern security practices for key rotation and automated renewal workflows - Audit existing deployments to identify weak cryptographic protocols and expired assets This course progresses from essential security definitions to practical discovery workflows, teaching you how to build a reliable inventory without complex external tooling. You will learn to leverage native cloud tools and structured scripting to maintain continuous visibility. This course is designed for beginner systems administrators, cloud security enthusiasts, and IT professionals who want to secure their infrastructure. No prior experience with certificate management is required. Start building a more resilient, outage-free cloud environment today.