Savaram Ravindra

Performance Comparison Between SQL Server 2014 and 2016

This article outlines the performance innovations in SQL Server 2016 for Columnstore Index and BatchMode Execution.

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2018-02-22

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In my SQL Server 2022 database, I run this:

USE Sales;  
GO  
CREATE DATABASE ENCRYPTION KEY  
WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256  
ENCRYPTION BY SERVER CERTIFICATE MyServerCert;  
GO

This works, but I want to prepare for the future and potential issues. How do I back up my DEK?