Can anyone point me to a simple summary of the new backup encryption? I've found a small handful of articles, but apparently I have some sort of mental block where keys and certs are involved.I'm trying to determine if this is a viable replacement (for our purposes) for SQL Backup, which we started using primarily for the compression and encryption. We don't have issues with SQL Backup, I'd rather not install additional utilities for native functionality.What I can't seem to understand is how one goes about restoring an encrypted backup onto another server. When one restores the master key onto the destination server, what happens to the existing key on that server?Right now, we have backups off-site in third-party storage, and all we need to restore is the .sqb and the password (and the SQB converter). With native encryption, we need the .bak, the keys, the cert, and the password?
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