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always backup database with encryption

Avi Grinberg 21 Reputation points
2021-09-12T11:50:09.017+00:00

Hi,

is there a way to force that all backup database and backup log that runs on the server will be enforced with the encryption(if not specifying the encryption the query will be terminated )?

THX

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  1. CathyJi-MSFT 21,136 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2021-09-13T06:21:55.493+00:00

    Hi @Avi Grinberg ,

    There is no option to force backup databases and logs with encryption.

    If you want data in backups encrypted, you can enable Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) on your database. When a database is encrypted with TDE, the backups contain the encrypted data.

    Quote from the MS document.

    >Backup files for databases that have TDE enabled are also encrypted with the database encryption key. As a result, when you restore these backups, the certificate that protects the database encryption key must be available. Therefore, in addition to backing up the database, make sure to maintain backups of the server certificates. Data loss results if the certificates are no longer available.

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