For more information about the new PKI enhancements found in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, see PKI Enhancements in Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003

The Secure Access Using Smart Cards Planning Guide is designed to help organizations use smart cards to increase security on administrator and remote access accounts. It highlights the issues faced and approaches to designing both smart card solutions and examines the issues when deploying smart cards to users. Download

For more information about smart card deployments, see Planning a Smart Card Deployment

To obtain job aids for planning smart card deployments, download Job_Aids_Designing_and_Deploying_Directory_and_Security_Services.zip

For more information about deploying smart cards, see The Smart Card Deployment Cookbook

For more information about the best practices for implementing a Public Key Infrastructure using Windows Server 2003, see Best Practices for Implementing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Public Key Infrastructure

For more information about cross certification and qualified subordination, see Planning and Implementing Cross-Certification and Qualified Subordination Using Windows Server 2003

For more information about implementing and administering certificate templates in Window Server 2003, see Implementing and Administering Certificate Templates in Window Server 2003