Certificate management clients

MIM comes with two options for enterprises to allow users to enroll or manage certificates. We have the classic ActiveX plugin that has been with us since the CLM (Certificate Lifecycle Manager) days of the CM smart card enrollment. Now, we also have a new option using the Modern App with the new REST API. In this chapter, we will go over the installation of these components and also the configuration of the MIM CM Modern App depending on your environment.

Installing the MIM CM client

On the client computers where users manage smart cards (in some cases, all workstations), you will need to install some client components.

Note

You should install the x86 client software, even if the operating system is a 64-bit one. You ...

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