This should be used only for testing. "certificate" - The file that contains the public key certificate of the CA that signed the SQL Server certificate. The specified certificate overrides the go ...

The new certificate will be used starting October 26, 2020. If you use full validation of the server certificate when connecting from a SQL client (TrustServerCertificate=false), you need to ensure ...

Learn how to configure a web server for client-side certificate authentication, a security protocol that verifies the identity of the clients using digital certificates.

In SQL Server 2016 there have been several significant changes to the SQL Client Tools. Central to these changes are two primary goals: The ability to ship tooling updates on a regular, monthly ...

Server certificates are crucial for securing online communications, authenticating digital entities, and ensuring the privacy of a website or server. These digital certificates verify a server’s ...

As a follow-up to Microsoft Build at the end of May, we thought it was a good time to highlight recent updates for client tools.

Abstract The Server-Based Certificate Validation Protocol allows PKI clients to delegate to a server the construction or validation of certification paths. The protocol’s specification focuses on the ...

Are there any special adjustments that need to be made (on the SQL server side, or the database/query side) to accomodate for communications over a slow(er) WAN link? We have had slow performance ...