Rather, you use objects and methods to work with the database; the methods you invoke are translated into SQL by an ORM (object-relational mapper). Part of the reason, I believe, for the widespread ...

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 ...

Microsoft today announced several security-oriented improvements for Azure SQL Database, a managed relational database available on the Azure public cloud.

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 ...

Learn how to use the Azure Portal to create a cloud-based SQL database with just a few mouse clicks.