Microsoft has updated its SQL Server Management Studio to version 17.3, adding two features along with various minor enhancements and bug fixes. SSMS 17.3, made available for download earlier this ...

In addition to StretchDB and AlwaysEncrypted, there are two more exciting features in the works for SQL Server 2016: dynamic data masking and row-level security. In the case of these two features, ...

Where needed, the enclave can decrypt the data and then perform its computations and data processing on the plaintext. But neither the data nor the column encryption keys are exposed in plaintext ...