Microsoft not only wants to encrypt data at rest; it’s also attempting to provide other protections that matter more with data used in applications. Azure SQL’s new functionality comes in ...

However, what I wanted to focus on in this article is the public preview of Always Encrypted with secure enclaves in Azure SQL Database. Encryption has always been challenging to implement, but if ...

The company's Transparent Data Encryption option, borrowed from SQL Server, is now generally available as part of numerous upgrades to its cloud database platform.

Azure SQL Data Warehouse will be available as a preview in June, ... The elastic databases support full-text search, column-level access rights and instant encryption of data. They "allow ISVs and ...

Database encryption protects sensitive information by scrambling the data when it’s stored, or, as it has become popular to say, “is at rest.” ...

Continuing its effort to secure data in the cloud, Microsoft has now brought encryption of data at rest by default to its Azure Search cloud component. Available right now in all regions and SKUs.

Within the Azure portal query editor, Copilot for Azure SQL Database uses table and view names, column names, primary key, and foreign key metadata to generate T-SQL code. Users then can review ...

Microsoft announced a lot of Azure SQL news at Ignite this month, but few as critical to application development security than the public preview of Always Encrypted with secure enclaves. Here's ...