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title: "How to publish Azure certificates"
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# How to publish Azure certificates

This document provides information on how to publish Azure certificates. The certificates are published in an enterprise application that uses SAML. Once the publication is complete, the new certificate replaces the existing SAML configuration certificate.

Due to Azure limitations, we need to have full control on the previous Azure certificate, to do so, see the following steps:

### Step 1: Create a request

To create a request in **Certificate Manager**, see [How to create a request](/v4-2/docs/certificates-flow-how-to-requisitions).

The encryption algorithm must be **RSA** and the certificate signature algorithm must be **SHA256**.

### Step 2: Sign the request through any certificate authority

To sign a request in **Certificate Manager**, see [How to sign a request](/v4-2/docs/certificates-flow-how-to-sign-request).

### Step 3: Download the signed certificate

To download a certificate, find the certificate you want to download, access its details and click the **Certificate download** button.

### Step 4: Import the certificate to your enterprise application

1. [Access the Azure platform](https://portal.azure.com/) and log in to your Azure account.
2. Locate the service **Microsoft Entra ID**.
3. In the left menu, click **Manage > Enterprise applications**.
4. Find your enterprise application and click on it.
5. In the enterprise application, click **Manage > Single sign-on**.
6. In the **SAML Certificates** section, click **Edit**.
7. In the **SAML Signing Certificate** panel, click **Import Certificate**, select the certificate, enter the PFX password if applicable and click **Add**.
8. Find the certificate previously added and click **Options > Make certificate active**.
9. Click **Yes** to make the certificate active.

### Step 5: Publish or renew your certificate

To publish or renew certificates, see [How to publish a certificate](/v4-2/docs/certificates-flow-how-to-publish-a-certificate) and [How to renew a certificate](/v4-2/docs/certificates-flow-how-to-renew-a-certificate).

More information on how to create a Microsoft Azure publishing profile in [How to configure Microsoft Azure](/v4-2/docs/clm-configure-azure).

After publishing or renewing your certificate, make it active on your enterprise application.