After creating a new certificate template, it should appear in the Active Directory. However, what happens if the template cannot be published or remains invisible in the user interface? In this particular case, it involves the “INGOSSmartCard” template. If the template is still not visible after a reasonable waiting period, the tool CertUtil might offer a solution.

With the following command, we can publish a certificate template via the command line. It is essential to always run the command line with administrator privileges.

The command certutil -setcatemplates +INGOSSmartCard is used to publish or update a specific certificate template in the Active Directory. The plus sign (+) before the name of the template (INGOS SmartCard) indicates that this template is being added to the existing templates. It is essential that this command is executed with administrator privileges to have the necessary permissions to modify the certificate templates in the Active Directory.