Anyone have any ideas?

I don't want my server certificates on the other instance that I am trying to restore to. I am trying to ensure that a 3rd party can do a...

I verified that I can read text strings within the backup file. When I then try to restore the bak file to another SQL Server instance I get the...

Yes. I ran the following and waited until I received 'Unencrypted' in the encryption_state_desc and then ran the backup:

SELECT DB_NAME(e.database_id) DatabaseName,

e.database_id,

e.encryption_state,

CASE e.encryption_state

WHEN 0 THEN 'No database encryption...

But if data encryption is then turned off and a backup made, the database still cannot be restored. Can a database that has ever been encrypted and is not...