AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Study Guide
The AZ-500 certification provides professionals with the skills and knowledge needed to secure Azure infrastructure, services, and data. The exam covers identity and access management, data protection, platform security, and governance in Azure. Learners can prepare for the exam with Microsoft's self-paced curriculum, instructor-led course, and documentation. The certification measures the learner’s knowledge of managing, monitoring, and implementing security for resources in Azure, multi-cloud, and hybrid environments. Azure Firewall, Key Vault, and Azure Active Directory are some of the topics covered in the exam.TDE High availability with customer-managed key for Azure SQL Databases
If the server loses access to the stored Database Encryption Key (DEK) in AKV, in up to 10 minutes a database will start denying all connections with the corresponding error message and change its state to Inaccessible. The only action allowed on a database in the Inaccessible state is deleting it. Thus, it's highly recommended to configure the server to use two different key vaults in two different regions with the same key material.Lesson Learned #360: Unsupported Key Size or Key Type. The supported RSA Key Size is 2048 or 3072.
We worked on a service request that our customer faced the following error message. Failed to save Transparent Data Encryption settings for SQL resource: azmsqldbunuatcog01. Error message: The key vault provided 'https://XYZ.vault.azure.net/keys/XYZ1/fdXXXXX on server 'ServerName' uses unsupported Key Size or Key Type. The supported RSA Key Size is 2048 or 3072 and Key Type is RSA or RSA-HSM.
SQLSweet16!, Episode 1: Backup Compression for TDE-enabled Databases
First published on MSDN on Jun 20, 2016 Authored by Sanjay Mishra Sanjay Mishra, with contributions from Aasav PrakashReviewed by: Denzil Ribeiro, Murshed Zaman, Arvind Shyamsundar, Mike RuthruffCelebrating the release of SQL Server 2016, we are starting a new blog series on exciting new scenarios and features.
