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Securing SQL Server is important because it helps protect your data and your system from potential security threats. Without proper security measures in place, your SQL Server instance and the data it stores may be vulnerable to attack, which could lead to data breaches, data loss, and other serious consequences. When we talk about threats there are many types of …

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Wait statistics, in the context of SQL Server, refer to the amount of time that a query spends waiting to access data in the database. When a client application requests data from the database, the request is placed in a queue and the client application must wait for its turn to access the data. The time that the query spends …

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Securing SQL Server: Transparent Data Encryption Mon, 30 Jan 2023 Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is a feature of Microsoft SQL Server that enables the encryption of a databases data and log files, as well as the encryption of backups, to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access. TDE encrypts the dat Read more… Complete Access to all our Online SQL Server …

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Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is a feature of Microsoft SQL Server that enables the encryption of a databases data and log files, as well as the encryption of backups, to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access. TDE encrypts the data at the page level, meaning that the data is encrypted as it is written to the disk and decrypted when …

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