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The Microsoft Trusted Root Certificate Program releases changes to our Root Store on a monthly cadence, except for December. The public can expect the following cadence for releases:
- Additions and non-deprecating modifications will be completed any month
- Certificate Authority (CA)-initiated and CA-confirmed deprecations will occur on even numbered months
- Microsoft-initiated deprecations will occur in February and August releases
The Automatic Root Certificates Update component is designed to automatically check the list of trusted authorities on the Microsoft Windows Update Web site. Specifically, there is a list of trusted root certification authorities (CAs) stored on the local computer. When an application is presented with a certificate issued by a CA, it will check the local copy of the trusted root CA list. Mar 03, 2015 Microsoft Root Certificates explained. What are root certificates for Windows 10/8/7 & how do you update them. Public Key Cryptography also explained.
If you are a certificate user who has active certificates chaining up to a deprecating root, please reach out to your CA to understand how changes may impact your certificates.Update packages will be available for download and testing at https://aka.ms/CTLDownload
Please note, the changes listed are accurate at the time of posting but are subject to change.
A list of Root Store participants, updated monthly, can be found here: https://aka.ms/trustcertpartners.
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2019
Month | Date of Release | Release Notes |
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October | November 5 | Deployment Notice Posted October 11 |
August | August 14 | Deployment Notice Posted August 14 |
August | August 27 | Deployment Notice Posted August 2 |
July | July 10 | Deployment Notice Posted July 11 |
July | July 30 | Deployment Notice Posted July 2 |
June | July 2 | Deployment Notice Posted June 5 |
May | May 28 | Deployment Notice Posted May 1 |
April | April 30 | Deployment Notice Posted April 15 |
March | March 26 | Deployment Notice Posted March 6 |
February | March 5 | Deployment Notice Posted February 19 |
January | January 29 | Deployment Notice Posted January 23 |
2018
2018 and earlier coming soon
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Information transferred within networks such as the Internet, inter-office intranets, and home networks can be susceptible to many security issues and attacks. Certificates allow these types of information sharing to be private and secure without the use of individual file password protections. Root certificates embedded in your Windows operating system check these transactions against a list of trusted sites. You will receive a warning if you try to pass data to a site not on this trusted list. Updating your root certificates should help keep your personal information safe and secure.
Step 1
Close any and all open programs running on your computer. You may also want to temporarily disable your anti-virus software.
Step 2
Open your computer's Control Panel. Click on the 'Start' Menu and then 'Control Panel'. Double-click 'Add/Remove Programs.'
Step 3
Click the 'Add/Remove Windows Components button. Check the box next to 'Update Root Certificates.'
Update your Windows software. Click on the 'Start' Menu, then click the 'All Programs' menu, and then click 'Windows Update.' Choose 'Express' update and follow the wizard.
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