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SQL Server keeps track of the encryption progress and we can pull that information by querying sys. dm_database_encryption_keys. Particularly 'Percent_Complete' and 'encryption_state' are the two columns which are required to understand the progress of TDE.

Navigate to Query Execution > SQL Server > Advanced. Select or unselect Enable Parameterization for Always Encrypted. Select OK.

To find the certificate, you need to expand Certificates (Local Computer) root and open Certificates catalog under Personal node. You should find your SQL Server certificate entry on the list.

Make sure you've enabled Always Encrypted for the database connection for the Query Editor window, from which you'll run a SELECT query retrieving and decrypting your data. This will instruct the . NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server (used by SSMS) to decrypt the encrypted columns in the query result set.

Then right click on the stored procedure and choose Show DDL script menu option from the context menu. Or simply double-click on the encrypted stored procedure. That is it! SQL Decryptor will display the code source of the stored procedure, trigger, user function, view or what ever the encrypted object is.

You can easily find all varbinary columns in your database with something like: SELECT stab. name Table_Name, sc. name Column_Name FROM sys. columns sc. INNER JOIN sys. types st ON sc. system_type_id=st. system_type_id. INNER JOIN sys. tables stab ON stab. object_id=sc. ... WHERE st. name='varbinary' AND stab. is_ms_shipped=0.

If you're using SSMS you can do this by enabling parameterization for always encrypted. You can enable this in SSMS under Query>>Query options>>Execution>>Advanced>>Enable Parameterization for Always Encrypted.

The column encryption key metadata is stored in the sys. column_encryption_keys (Transact-SQL) and sys. column_encryption_key_values (Transact-SQL) catalog views.