(SQL) Tip of the Day: TDE with SQL Azure

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Today’s (SQL) Tip…

An often requested feature of Azure SQL Database is end to end encryption. We can now provide that with Transparent Data Encryption with Azure SQL Database. Azure SQL Database transparent data encryption (preview) helps protect against the threat of malicious activity by performing real-time encryption and decryption of the database, associated backups, and transaction log files at rest without requiring changes to the application.

You can read more about how it works and setting it up here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn948096.aspx