PWDENCRYPT (Transact-SQL)

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance SQL database in Microsoft Fabric

Returns the SQL Server password hash of the input value that uses the current version of the password hashing algorithm.

PWDENCRYPT is an older function and might not be supported in a future release of SQL Server. Use HASHBYTES instead. HASHBYTES provides more hashing algorithms.

Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

PWDENCRYPT ( 'password' )  

Arguments

password
Is the password to be encrypted. password is sysname.

Return Types

varbinary(128)

Permissions

PWDENCRYPT is available to public.

See Also

Security Functions (Transact-SQL)
PWDCOMPARE (Transact-SQL)