CertMS v2.1 Release Notes

Released: May 2026

We're excited to announce CertMS v2.1, packed with new integrations, automation improvements, and quality-of-life enhancements that make certificate management even easier. This release brings major additions like Azure AD/Entra ID integration, automatic agent updates, and significant improvements to the user experience based on customer feedback.

🎉 What's New

Azure AD / Entra ID Integration

CertMS now extends certificate visibility into your identity provider environment. With the new Azure AD integration, you can discover and monitor certificates tied to Enterprise Applications — a common blind spot for IT teams managing SSO and SAML configurations.

  • Azure AD Integration Setup: A guided setup feature to help you connect CertMS to your Azure tenant and locate certificates associated with Enterprise Applications.
  • IDP Application Monitoring: A new dedicated area to add and manage "IDP Applications" so you can track certificates tied to your identity provider configurations.
  • Bi-directional Associations: Certificates can now be associated with IDP Applications, and the relationship works both ways — see all certificates tied to an application, or all applications tied to a certificate.
  • On-Demand Azure SAML SSO Scanning: A new internal API endpoint and "Scan Now" button let you manually trigger a scan for a specific IDP Application without waiting for the next scheduled run.

Why it matters: Federated identity certificates often expire silently and take down SSO for your entire organization. CertMS now gives you the same visibility into these certificates that you already have for your servers and CAs.

Agent Auto-Update

One of the most-requested features is here. All CertMS agents can now update themselves automatically, eliminating the need to manually push new versions across your environment.

  • Windows Agent Auto-Update
  • Linux Agent Auto-Update
  • CA Agent Auto-Update

Why it matters: As certificate lifespans shrink under the new CA/Browser Forum mandate, your monitoring infrastructure needs to be as low-maintenance as possible. Auto-updating agents mean less time managing CertMS and more time focused on your environment.

🚀 Improvements

Faster Agent Deployment

  • Windows and Linux agents now run immediately after installation, so you'll see certificates in CertMS within minutes rather than waiting for the first scheduled run.
  • The Linux install switch now automatically copies the agent to its permanent location, simplifying the deployment process.

Better Filtering Experience

  • Filters now persist after deleting a certificate in the main certificates view. No more re-applying your filters every time you clean up an old certificate.
  • The new Delete button on the expiring certificates view also preserves filters after deletion, making bulk cleanup of expired or retired certificates much faster.

Reports Enhancements

  • The Reports Preview button has been improved for a smoother, more reliable preview experience.
  • Fixed how regex is applied in report filters, so complex filter rules now behave consistently.

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Front-end uploads: Fixed an issue where uploads from the front-end application were not working correctly.
  • Serial Number validation: Resolved an inconsistency where the API required a Serial Number but the UI did not. Serial Number is now properly required by the UI to match the API.
  • Refresh tokens: Fixed an issue where the front-end was unable to use refresh tokens to obtain new tokens for users, which could cause unexpected logouts.
  • Issued and pending certificate alerts: Resolved an issue where users were not receiving alerts for issued and pending certificates from the CA. Alerting now fires reliably for all certificate lifecycle events.
  • Windows Agent compatibility: Renamed an internal function in certms_windows_agent.ps1 to avoid conflicts with built-in PowerShell cmdlets, improving stability across Windows environments.

Upgrade Notes

Existing customers will receive v2.1 automatically as part of their managed SaaS instance — no action required. Agents installed in your environment will be updated automatically thanks to the new auto-update functionality (a one-time manual update to the latest agent version may be required to enable auto-update going forward).

If you're using the new Azure AD integration, see the updated documentation for setup instructions and required Azure permissions.

Questions or Feedback?

Have a feature request or want to see something in a future release? Reach out to support@certms.com — your feedback shapes the CertMS roadmap.

Not a CertMS customer yet? With the CA/Browser Forum mandate reducing certificate lifespans to 200 days (March 2026), 100 days (2027), and 47 days (2029), manual certificate tracking is no longer sustainable. Book a demo to see how CertMS can help your team stay ahead.

CertMS v2.1 — Never miss an expiring certificate again.