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Updated customer suggestion that certs don't contain private keys
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articles/cloud-services/cloud-services-certs-create.md

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Certificates used in Azure are x.509 v3 certificates and can be signed by another trusted certificate or they can be self-signed. A self-signed certificate is signed by its own creator, therefore it is not trusted by default. Most browsers can ignore this problem. You should only use self-signed certificates when developing and testing your cloud services.
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Certificates used by Azure can contain a private or a public key. Certificates have a thumbprint that provides a means to identify them in an unambiguous way. This thumbprint is used in the Azure [configuration file](cloud-services-configure-ssl-certificate-portal.md) to identify which certificate a cloud service should use.
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Certificates used by Azure can contains a public key. Certificates have a thumbprint that provides a means to identify them in an unambiguous way. This thumbprint is used in the Azure [configuration file](cloud-services-configure-ssl-certificate-portal.md) to identify which certificate a cloud service should use.
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>[!Note]
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>Azure Cloud Services does not accept AES256-SHA256 encrypted certificate.
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You can use any tool available to create a self-signed certificate as long as they adhere to these settings:
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* An X.509 certificate.
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* Contains a private key.
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* Contains a public key.
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* Created for key exchange (.pfx file).
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* Subject name must match the domain used to access the cloud service.
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