Encrypting Connections To SQL Server Using Certificates In this post we’re going to cover configuring a connection string in .NET applications for encrypting connections to SQL Server using certificates. The audience for this document is a developer that needs to configure encrypted connections from applications to a database server.
Encrypting connections with SQL Server using Certificates consists of two parts:
An appropriately configured connection string A server certificate installed on the Database Engine (not covered in this post) Configuring a Connection String