iOS Code Signing Best Practices to Build .NET MAUI in DevOps

What you'll learn
Using Third Party Tools to Manage your Apple Developer Program Certificates
Creating Templates to Easily Create New Developer and Distribution Certificates
Creating a Single Database of your Certificates That Can Be Used on Any Platform
Exporting your Certificates to Use on Windows, Mac, Linux, or other CI/CD Platforms
Requirements
Understanding of how to access the Apple Developer Program's Certificate Portal
Follow User Interface Instructions
Understanding of Core Cryptography Terms (such as Certificate Signing Request - CSR, Private Keys)
Description
This course was inspired by creating a Windows only development environment to build Apps for the Apple iOS Platform using nothing but Windows technologies on a development workstation and using Azure DevOps' Pipelines (free for about 30 hours of build time per month) to develop great mobile Apps. Are you ready to learn how to build a clean keychain with your code signing certificates and leverage it to build iOS Apps on Microsoft Windows?
Have you ever wondered how you can improve your workflow for managing your code signing certificates from the Apple Developer Program?
Do you not want an easier approach to back up your certificates than the use of Keychain Access? Have you ever forgotten to back up your Keychain and have those #@*$! moments!
Do you want to be able to access your Apple Developer and/or Distribution certificates on other platforms for developing with Unity iOS Build Tools for Windows or when building workflows for Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions?
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