Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports restoring TDE databases on Mult-AZ instances

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What This Means

For DevOps Teams

Update your backup and restore processes to leverage the new support for restoring TDE-enabled databases on Multi-AZ instances, ensuring you back up and store your TDE certificate in Amazon S3 beforehand.

For Platform Teams

Integrate the new TDE restore capability into your RDS deployment strategies to offer enhanced security and availability for SQL Server databases, potentially reducing operational toil associated with encrypted database migrations.

For Executives

Evaluate the new capability to restore TDE-enabled SQL Server databases on Multi-AZ instances to enhance your data security and high availability strategies, potentially reducing migration and recovery time and effort.

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