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ndes
About this tag
The ndes tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Network Device Enrollment Service (NDES) and related certificate-based authentication topics, particularly in the context of Microsoft's Kerberos hardening campaign. Recent threads focus on the upcoming September 2025 deadline when Microsoft will enforce strong certificate binding for Kerberos authentication, removing temporary registry workarounds like the StrongCertificateBindingEnforcement key. Administrators are urged to prepare for these changes to avoid authentication failures. Content under this tag includes guidance on certificate mappings, domain controller configuration, and legacy system impacts, making it relevant for IT professionals managing Windows Server environments and PKI infrastructure.
Microsoft’s long-running Kerberos hardening campaign is entering its final, non-reversible phase: the temporary registry workarounds that allowed administrators to keep weak certificate mappings and “Compatibility” behavior will be removed with the September 2025 servicing wave, forcing everyone...
Microsoft will remove support for the StrongCertificateBindingEnforcement registry key on Windows domain controllers on September 10, 2025, forcing a permanent switch to stricter, strong certificate-to-account mappings that will break legacy certificate-based authentication setups unless...