• The OU field for new and renewal TLS OV/EV orders will be removed. 
• The OU field in new MSSL profile requests will be removed. 
• The OU field will be removed from all existing MSSL profiles. 

Exceptions: 

• The following scenarios will support OU until August 29th: 
  • In-process orders (placed prior to July 25th) will be issued with the requested OU value 
  • Reissued TLS OV/EV retail and partner certificates will continue to have the OU.  
  • For urgent exceptions only, our vetting team can manually add the OU field to an MSSL profile until August 29th.   
  • Our vetting team can also add an OU to retail or reseller TLS OV/EV orders during the validation process until August 29th. 

• All TLS products listed above will have OU field removed prior to issuance and there will be no manual vetting process to add an OU value. 
• The reissue process will be updated to remove the OU field from all orders. 
• Any in-process orders with an OU will have the OU removed when issued.