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 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 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 ...

Microsoft's technology in SQL Server 2016 that improves this analytical capability is called "in-memory OLTP" (online transaction processing). The new " Always Encrypted " feature in SQL Server 2016 ...

Microsoft says the benefits of upgrading to SQL Server 2014, Azure SQL Database, or a combination, are well worth the expense and challenges of migration. In addition to increased security protections ...

Microsoft will end security support for SQL Server 2005 in April 2016, and companies must prepare to upgrade.