Merge pull request #253155 from seesharprun/cosmos-retire-cert-auth-nosql

Cosmos DB | Retire `cosmos-db/nosql/certificate-based-authentication`

Author: v-dirichards

articles/cosmos-db/.openpublishing.redirection.cosmos-db.json

@@ -5125,6 +5125,11 @@
       "redirect_url": "/azure/cosmos-db/nosql/certificate-based-authentication",
       "redirect_document_id": true
     },
+    {
+      "source_path_from_root": "/articles/cosmos-db/nosql/certificate-based-authentication.md",
+      "redirect_url": "/azure/cosmos-db/nosql",
+      "redirect_document_id": false
+    },
     {
       "source_path_from_root": "/articles/cosmos-db/sql/change-feed-design-patterns.md",
       "redirect_url": "/azure/cosmos-db/nosql/change-feed-design-patterns",

articles/cosmos-db/managed-identity-based-authentication.md

@@ -331,6 +331,5 @@ Once published, the ``DefaultAzureCredential`` class will use credentials from t
 
 ## Next steps
 
-- [Certificate-based authentication with Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Active Directory](certificate-based-authentication.md)
 - [Secure Azure Cosmos DB keys using Azure Key Vault](store-credentials-key-vault.md)
 - [Security baseline for Azure Cosmos DB](security-baseline.md)

articles/cosmos-db/nosql/TOC.yml

@@ -789,8 +789,6 @@
           href: how-to-configure-cross-origin-resource-sharing.md
         - name: Use Azure Key Vault to store keys
           href: ../store-credentials-key-vault.md
-        - name: Use certificates to access data
-          href: certificate-based-authentication.md
     - name: Monitor
       items:
         - name: Monitor Azure Cosmos DB

articles/cosmos-db/nosql/certificate-based-authentication.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ms.date: 11/07/2022
 [!INCLUDE[NoSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Gremlin, Table](includes/appliesto-nosql-mongodb-cassandra-gremlin-table.md)]
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
-> It's recommended to access Azure Cosmos DB is to use a [system-assigned managed identity](managed-identity-based-authentication.md). If your service cannot take advantage of managed identities then use the [certificate-based authentication](certificate-based-authentication.md). If both the managed identity solution and cert based solution do not meet your needs, please use the Azure Key vault solution in this article.
+> It's recommended to access Azure Cosmos DB is to use a [system-assigned managed identity](managed-identity-based-authentication.md). If both the managed identity solution and cert based solution do not meet your needs, please use the Azure Key vault solution in this article.
 
 If you're using Azure Cosmos DB as your database, you connect to databases, container, and items by using an SDK, the API endpoint, and either the primary or secondary key.