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Monday, July 27, 2026

Amazon RDS for SQL Server Gets TDE Love on Multi-AZ

Good news, database nerds! Amazon RDS for SQL Server now lets you restore TDE-encrypted databases directly to Multi-AZ instances and read replicas—no more painful workarounds. Just back up your TDE cert to S3, restore it with TDE enabled, and you're golden. Your encrypted, highly available databases just got way easier to manage.