[!INCLUDE SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance] To execute a query on encrypted database columns, insert data into these columns, retrieve plaintext values, or perform supported ...

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Column-level (or “cell-level”) encryption was introduced with SQL Server 2005. We can encrypt individual columns that are sensitive in nature.

With SQL Server 2005, there are functions and methods provided for data encryption and decryption. These methods were not provided with the earlier version i.e. SQL Server 2000, where you had to ...

Oracle, for instance, has selective data-encryption features, and Transparent Data Encryption is available in SQL Server 2008 edition and higher.

SQL Server 2016 seeks to make encryption easier via its new Always Encrypted feature. This feature offers a way to ensure that the database never sees unencrypted values of sensitive columns ...