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Take a COPY_ONLY backup of TDE protected database on Azure SQL Managed Instance

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JovanPop
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May 24, 2019
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is a security feature in Azure SQL Database (Single Database and Managed Instance) that transparently encrypts data pages when they are exchanged between memory and ...
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profiledba123
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May 26, 2019

Agree with the previous commenter. You're suggesting disabling TDE for backup/restore purposes ? This would be a major violation of strict company IT security policies. I suggest we need a transparent backup/restore process that maintains high security.