FREE WINDOWS SOFTWARE • VERSION 1.0.23

Azure Artifact
Signing Tool

A guided Microsoft Artifact Signing workflow—prepare, connect, sign, verify, and document every release. Brand New Release 1.0.23: sign up to 50 files in one batch.

PORTABLE WINDOWS X64EXISTING AZURE RESOURCES

See the workflow

EARLIER VERSION • DEMONSTRATION DATA AI Creations Now Azure Artifact Signing Tool showing demonstration Azure resources

GUIDED MICROSOFT ARTIFACT SIGNING

Sign with Microsoft Azure—without building the command line yourself.

A guided desktop GUI for customers who already use Microsoft Azure Artifact Signing. Version 1.0.23 prepares Microsoft components, connects through Microsoft's secure sign-in and backs up, signs and verifies up to 50 selected files. Sign one file to receive a detailed local PDF verification report; batches of 2–50 files do not produce a PDF.

This tool does not create or sell an Azure signing certificate.

You must already have an eligible Microsoft Azure subscription, Artifact Signing account, active certificate profile, and permission to sign. The application uses the resources Microsoft reports for your authenticated account.

Azure Signing Tool walkthrough

This walkthrough shows an earlier version. Version 1.0.23 adds batches of up to 50 files; PDF reports are available for single-file signing only. The high-bitrate video may take a few moments to start.

Current release security notice

This release is publisher-signed through Microsoft Artifact Signing. Use the tool with your own eligible Microsoft signing account, professionally and responsibly.

THE COMPLETE WORKFLOW

One guided application from setup to proof.

The application keeps the Microsoft authentication and signing operations visible while removing the repetitive installation, command-line discovery, backup, hashing, and report-building work.

Prepare

Detect and install only the missing Microsoft prerequisites, then verify each component before continuing.

Connect

Authenticate in Microsoft's normal secure browser and choose whether the protected application session stays signed in.

Select

Choose your Azure subscription, signing account and certificate profile, then select one file or a batch of up to 50 files.

Protect

Create and hash-verify an unsigned recovery backup before each selected file is changed.

Sign

Apply Microsoft Azure Artifact Signing and a Microsoft timestamp through the required signing components.

Verify

Validate the signatures and signed hashes. Single-file signing also generates a detailed local PDF; batches do not.

ACTUAL SOFTWARE • DEMONSTRATION DATA

See every step before you run it.

These screenshots show an earlier version with demonstration data. Version 1.0.23 supports up to 50 files per batch; single-file signing retains the PDF report. Account details, resource names, file paths and hashes have been removed or replaced.

System readiness page checking Microsoft prerequisites — 1
**Automatically prepare the computer**
The tool checks Windows, Azure CLI, .NET, Visual C++, Microsoft signing tools, and the Artifact Signing extension. Valid existing components are reused; missing components are prepared automatically.

Microsoft sign-in page with keep-signed-in and logout controls — 2
**Connect through Microsoft**
The first connection may open two Microsoft browser checkpoints: one to identify the account and directory, and another for tenant-specific authentication or MFA.

Choose existing Azure resources

Select the subscription, Artifact Signing account, and active certificate profile Microsoft reports for the connected identity.

Local executable selection and backup plan — 4
**Select one file or up to 50**
Use the Windows file picker to select your files. Version 1.0.23 supports batch signing; this earlier screenshot illustrates the single-file workflow.

FINAL SIGNING • SINGLE-FILE PDF REPORT

Verified signatures. A permanent PDF for single-file releases.

Sign and verify your selected files

Sign one file or a batch of up to 50. The program protects the originals, applies Microsoft Artifact Signing and timestamps, and validates the resulting Windows Authenticode signatures.

Verified unsigned recovery copy
Microsoft Artifact Signing and timestamp
Final Windows Authenticode validation

Single-file signing includes a PDF report

Sign your finished GUI installer, executable or portable product individually for a polished three-page verification PDF generated locally by this tool, documenting the Microsoft Artifact Signing results. Batches of 2–50 files do not produce a PDF.

SHA-256 before and after signing
File, product, publisher, certificate, and timestamp details
Signed-file and backup locations with recovery information

ACCOUNT SECURITY & CONVENIENCE

Microsoft handles the password and MFA screens. The application never asks for or stores the Microsoft password or MFA code.

Protected saved session

By default, the program can retain its private Azure CLI authorization for the current Windows account so future launches can return directly to the signing-resource page.

Ideal for a private workstation or dedicated administrator account
Normally avoids repeating browser authentication on every launch
Does not modify the customer's ordinary Azure CLI profile

Visible sign-out controls

A permanent Sign out of this program control removes the application-owned cached authorization. A separate account/directory option can also remove the remembered tenant.

Use sign-out before leaving a shared or temporary computer
Signing out of the program does not sign out unrelated browser sessions
Microsoft may independently expire or revoke a saved session

Local files stay under your control

The application does not upload your selected files to AI Creations Now. It reads them locally, creates local backups, calculates local hashes, and communicates with Microsoft only as required for Azure authentication and Artifact Signing.

No AI Creations Now telemetry or analytics account
No file contents sent to AI Creations Now
Reports and recovery files remain on the local computer

AUTOMATIC MICROSOFT PREREQUISITES

Required Microsoft components—prepared automatically.

Run the portable application as an administrator. It detects the currently installed versions and prepares only what is missing or unusable.

Microsoft Azure CLISecure account authentication and Azure resource discovery

Microsoft .NET 8 x64 RuntimeRuntime required by the Artifact Signing client components

Microsoft Visual C++ x64 RuntimeNative runtime required by Microsoft signing components

Artifact Signing Client ToolsMicrosoft client library used by the signing workflow

Windows SDK Signing ToolsSignTool and supporting Windows verification components

Azure Artifact Signing extensionDiscovers and works with existing Artifact Signing resources

Microsoft components can remain installed after the portable application is removed. The application shows what it will prepare before setup begins.

BEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD

Who this tool is for.

This application streamlines an existing Artifact Signing environment. It does not replace Microsoft's account, identity-validation, billing, certificate-profile, or role requirements.

You need

A supported 64-bit Windows desktop or server operating system
Local administrator access for prerequisite preparation
An eligible paid Microsoft Azure subscription
An existing Azure Artifact Signing account
An active certificate profile and permission to sign with it
Internet access for Microsoft authentication, setup, signing, and timestamping

The tool does not

Create an Azure subscription or billing account
Complete Microsoft identity validation for you
Create a certificate profile or role assignment automatically
Ask for your Microsoft password or MFA code
Sign files without your explicit local file selection
Guarantee acceptance of a file by SmartScreen, antivirus, or app stores

FREE SOFTWARE • OPTIONAL SUPPORT

Download free. Support development if you can.

This application is free for eligible Microsoft Azure Artifact Signing customers worldwide. It took months of design, testing, clean-computer validation, security review, and interface refinement. An optional donation of $3 or more helps us maintain the project and test future Microsoft changes.

No payment required • Stripe opens in a normal secure browser tab • The free download remains available

Azure ArtifactSigning Tool