@wyworx , Thanks for posting a good question.
With App Service Managed Certificate
you can secure your www
custom domain or any non-naked domain
in App Service.
A private certificate that's easy to use if you just need to secure your www
custom domain or any non-naked domain in App Service.
The free App Service Managed Certificate
is a turn-key solution for securing your custom DNS name in App Service.
The free certificate comes with the following limitations:
- Does not support wildcard certificates.
- Does not support naked domains.
- Is not exportable.
- Is not supported on App Service Environment (ASE)
- Does not support A records. For example, automatic renewal doesn't work with A records.
Refer these docs for additional info:
Kindly see the different between App Service Certificate and App Service Managed Certificate.
Please let us know if you need further assistance on this topic, we will be more than happy to assist you further.