Technical documentation for Microsoft SQL Server, tools such as SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) , SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) etc. - MicrosoftDocs/sql-docs ...

Subhra Bose, the CEO of Financial Fabric, has referred to Always Encrypted as nothing less than a “game changer for the financial industry.” To simplify the adoption of Always Encrypted, SQL Server ...

Learn how to use the SQL Server Connector with common encryption features such as TDE, encrypting backups, and column level encryption using Azure Key Vault. [!INCLUDEappliesto-xx-asdb-xxxx-xxx-md] ...

Microsoft increases SQL Server security with each release (check out Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2016). SQL Server security is all about the platform being secure by design and by default, running ...

The next version of SQL Server will include an additional layer of security that keeps valuable personal data such as Social Security numbers, private healthcare data or credit card information ...

Data encryption in SQL Server 2005 can be done either by using password mechanism or by making use of keys and certificates. In this article, we will look at both mechanisms for data encryption ...

To encrypt and decrypt a string we have a predefined functions in sql server 2008 that are easy to use. suppose we want to save some data that doesn't need to be exposed as a plain text then in such ...

We are currently tracking an issue with Sharepoint and use of the SQL Server "Force Encryption" option. In our case, Sharepoint 2007 with SQL Server 2008 R2. The results are pretty consistent.