Microsoft said a new Always Encrypted security feature highlights its upcoming SQL Server 2016 -- 'the biggest leap forward in Microsoft's data platform history' -- shipping this summer in a public ...

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 without the need to ...

Microsoft announced five Windows Azure improvements yesterday, including SQL Server AlwaysOn support.

Prior to SQL Server 2016, currently in CTP, your main method for encrypting a SQL Server application was to use a feature called Transparent Data Encryption. TDE provides strong encryption, but with ...

SQL Server 2017 introduced several availability features to support disaster recovery and extended SQL Server installations to Linux. These features can help you recover SQL databases in vast ...

The Always Encrypted feature for Microsoft’s Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2016 is now generally available, the company said. It keeps data encrypted at all times, showing it in plaintext ...

Still, there’s no denying that SQL Server always fell short of Oracle Database when it came to true enterprise features, especially in the areas of high-availability and disaster recovery.

In an announcement made on Monday, Microsoft announced five Windows Azure improvements, including support for SQL Server AlwaysOn.

The secondaries can run in the cloud, adding disaster recovery capabilities to a premises-based SQL Server implementation. Before this general availability release, the SQL Server AlwaysOn ...