Eligibility confirmation – Azure Artifact Signing for newly registered Australian company

Australia is currently supported for Artifact Signing Public Trust organization validation, but Microsoft does not publish a minimum operating history or guarantee that a newly registered company will pass validation based only on ASIC registration and an ABN.^1^

Eligibility and company age

• Australian organizations are eligible to apply. Australia is explicitly included in the current list of countries supported for Public Trust organization certificates.^1^
• The current documentation does not state a minimum company age, ABN age, operating-history period, or tax-filing-history requirement.
• An older Q&A answer referred to a three-year history and US/Canada-only availability, but that reflected an earlier Trusted Signing rollout and conflicts with the current documentation that explicitly includes Australia.^2^
• Eligibility to submit is not approval. Public Trust requires all identity values to be independently validated under Microsoft’s public PKI requirements.^3^

Because Wasific Pty Ltd’s ABN became active only on 1 October 2026, ensure its public records have propagated and are consistent before applying. Microsoft specifically advises keeping the legal entity’s public records up to date for faster onboarding.^1^

Information to prepare

In the Azure portal, the organization request asks for:

• Exact registered legal name: Wasific Pty Ltd
• Company website belonging to the legal entity
• Primary and secondary email addresses on the company-owned domain
• Business identifier
• Registered street address, city, state, postcode, and Australia as country/region
• Legal first and last name of the authorized representative, exactly matching government-issued identification
• Seller ID only if applicable as a Microsoft Store customer

The representative must subsequently complete individual identity verification. If additional company evidence is needed, the request changes to Action Required and instructions are sent by email.^1^

Microsoft’s published instructions do not provide an Australia-specific document list or explicitly state that an ASIC registration extract plus ABN is sufficient. Those are appropriate public registration details to enter or provide when requested, but the validation team may require other recent evidence. Do not assume that an ABN alone establishes the company’s legal identity, address, website/domain ownership, or the representative’s association with it.

Prepare consistent, current evidence such as the ASIC company record and ABN registration details, but submit additional documents only through the validation workflow when requested. The exact acceptable evidence for this newly registered entity cannot be confirmed from the published policy.

Portal process

A paid Azure subscription is required; free, trial, and sponsored subscriptions are not supported.^4^

1. Create an Artifact Signing account in one of the supported resource regions. The resource region is separate from the organization’s country.
2. Assign the submitting user the Artifact Signing Identity Verifier role.
3. Open Artifact Signing account → Objects → Identity validations.
4. Select Organization → New Identity → Public.
5. Enter the details above and inspect Certificate subject preview before selecting Create. Changes after creation require a new validation request.
6. Monitor the primary mailbox, including spam filtering. Verification links expire after seven days.
7. Complete the representative’s identity check and respond to any Action Required document request.

The certificate’s organization/common-name values cannot be customized; they are derived from the validated legal entity. A completed Public Trust identity validation is required before creating the Public Trust certificate profile used to sign publicly distributed executables and installers.^3^

If Australia does not appear in the organization country/region list despite the current eligibility documentation, open an Azure support request rather than selecting another country.^4^

Billing risk

Creating the Artifact Signing account starts billing immediately. Pricing is not prorated: Azure invoices the full SKU amount regardless of when during the billing period the account was created or whether signing began.^5^

If organization validation fails for reasons other than an expired email link, Microsoft recommends deleting the Artifact Signing account so that unused resources do not continue generating charges.^4^ Deleting the account also deletes its certificate profiles; the shared identity-validation resource must be deleted separately when unenrolling.

For binding written confirmation about whether Wasific Pty Ltd’s newly created ASIC/ABN record is presently verifiable, create an Azure support request before provisioning. Public documentation confirms Australian availability but does not provide pre-clearance for a particular company or a definitive ASIC/ABN-only document rule.

References

1. Quickstart: Set up Artifact Signing
2. Submitting a new Identity Validation - Microsoft Q&A
3. Artifact Signing resources and roles
4. Artifact Signing FAQ
5. Artifact Signing pricing