Setting Up Transparent Data Encryption With Existing Azure SQL Database

Prerequisites

  • Azure account.

Now, let's get started with the following steps:

Sign in to the online Microsoft Azure Portal.

Sign in

On the left banner, click BROWSE >> SQL databases.

BROWSE

In the Settings blade, click Transparent data encryption part to open the Transparent data Encryption blade.

Encryption Enable

In the data encryption blade, toggle the Data encryption button to On, and then, click Save (at the top of the page) to apply the setting.

Data encryption

The Encryption status will approximate the progress of the transparent data encryption.
status
 
Disabling the Encryption

In the Data encryption blade, toggle the Data encryption button to Off, and then click Save (at the top of the page) to apply the setting.

Removing Data encryption

The Encryption status will approximate the progress of the transparent data encryption.

Encryption status