• Hi I follow each and every steps and final output is given below:

    USE SQLEmployees

    GO

    BACKUP CERTIFICATE [MyServer_Cert] TO

    FILE = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\MyNewCert.cer'

    WITH PRIVATE KEY(

    --DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'encryption',

    FILE = 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\MyNewCert.pky',

    ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'encryption')

    But still my doubt is not clear. I didn't found certificate in the given path and if my database encryption is on then why it is opening simply. I mean if it is encrypted then it should ask for decryption while I used to open my database.

    Thanks