As SQL Server 2016 approaches end of support in July 2026, a look back at its groundbreaking innovations reveals how it reshaped Microsoft's data platform and why it's time to move forward. As I've ...

Security by default – protecting the enterprise in SQL Server 2025. Explore how SQL Server 2025 strengthens enterprise security through enforced secure defaults, identity integration, encryption and ...

When applications require access to sensitive and protected data, challenges and obstacles are the norm. Traditional encryption breaks workflows and creates a ripple effect that disrupts operations.

EFCore.Encryption provides a helpful base for building your own encrypted column implementations of any type. It also supports querying for equality by storing a hashed copy of the data alongside the ...

In today's digital landscape, data is an organization's most precious asset. A robust database must not only harness this data effectively but also safeguard it against increasingly sophisticated ...

Google is expanding its rollout of client-side encryption to Gmail and Calendar, allowing more users to send and receive encrypted email and calendar invites. The client-side encryption (CSE) feature ...

This article describes how to unlock the functionality of Always Encrypted with secure enclaves, and enable enclave computations for existing encrypted columns. If you have existing columns encrypted ...