Cryptographic functions (Transact-SQL)

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

These functions support digital signing, digital signature validation, encryption, and decryption.

Symmetric encryption and decryption

ENCRYPTBYKEY

DECRYPTBYKEY

ENCRYPTBYPASSPHRASE

DECRYPTBYPASSPHRASE

KEY_ID

KEY_GUID

DECRYPTBYKEYAUTOASYMKEY

KEY_NAME

SYMKEYPROPERTY

 

Asymmetric encryption and decryption

ENCRYPTBYASYMKEY

DECRYPTBYASYMKEY

ENCRYPTBYCERT

DECRYPTBYCERT

ASYMKEYPROPERTY

ASYMKEY_ID

 

Signing and signature verification

SIGNBYASYMKEY

VERIFYSIGNEDBYASYMKEY

SIGNBYCERT

VERIFYSIGNEDBYCERT

IS_OBJECTSIGNED

 

Symmetric decryption, with automatic key handling

DecryptByKeyAutoCert

 

Encryption hashing

HASHBYTES

 

Certificate copying

CERTENCODED (Transact-SQL)

CERTPRIVATEKEY (Transact-SQL)

 

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