WINDOWS CERTIFICATE ENROLLMENT

Bind certificates to protected Windows keys

The enrollment profile covers CSR generation, CA submission, certificate-store installation, renewal and key re-binding without weakening private-key policy.

Enrollment sequence

Install signed provider package
Verify provider registration
Create non-exportable persisted key
Generate PKCS#10 CSR
Submit to approved CA/RA
Install issued certificate
Bind certificate to key container
Run sign/verify acceptance corpus

Supported tooling profile

Tool/API	Use	Release record
certreq.exe	INF-driven CSR and certificate acceptance	Template and command line
CertEnroll COM/API	Programmatic enrollment	Interface/version tested
Windows certificate store	Certificate discovery and binding	Store and scope
Custom enrollment client	Enterprise workflow	Sample and error model
Auto-enrollment/GPO	Only when specifically tested	Not implied

Renewal and recovery controls

Overlap period for old/new certificate and key.
Key reuse versus regeneration policy.
Certificate-key association verification.
Revocation and rollback procedure.
Audit correlation between CSR, issuance and activation.