It's different paradigms, but we have to make choices about which paradigm is most appropriate for the given environment and application. Regarding Always Encrypted, maybe one day someone will invent an...

... A contractor just pleaded guilty to stealing classified information from the US National Security Agency, about 50GB worth of data. This isn't a case of spying or malicious intent....

Another difference between FDE and TDE is who owns the process and controls the keys: the local server admin or the database administrator. Depending on the IT organization, this could...

Based on replies above, I'd like to add a couple of things. It's true that enabling TDE on one database will result in SQL Server also encrypting TEMPDB, but that's...

I use tool on my personal PC to keep tabs on disk space allocation by folder. It would help in your case too.
https://jam-software.com/treesize_free/

Where I work, we've started implementing SQL Server TDE, which I believe has many advantages over FDE (Full Disk Encryption) solutions.

TDE:
- Is free with the SQL Server...

1. Easy 5 minute fix to get you out of the red: Run a tool to identify temp files, recycle folder, download folder, and other stuff that can be deleted...

Trick question. Don't do it; use a constraint instead.
I've worked in a dozen IT shops over the years, and I don't think I've encountered usage of RULE based...

Normalization, and data modeling in general, are good questions for intermediate level and higher database developers, because it's hard for a candidate to talk about without having actually having hands...

Does anyone here besides me implement partitioning on indexes just for taking advantage of incremental reorgs and re-indexing? It depends on the access patterns and chosen partitioning key, but at...