Managed certificates

Microsoft documentation for managed certs are specific to each product, here’s the FrontDoor documentation.

When to use Managed Certificates

If you are using one of the following services:

Other services may have these limitations too, not verified

Apex domains do not work with managed certificates, e.g. hmcts-access.service.gov.uk
Domains using afdverify only and not direct validation do not work

You should use Let’s encrypt certificates in the above scenarios.

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