{"id":43577,"date":"2022-08-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-01-31T13:44:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T21:44:43","slug":"establish-digital-trust-in-your-data-with-ledger-in-sql-server-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2022\/08\/04\/establish-digital-trust-in-your-data-with-ledger-in-sql-server-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Establish digital trust in your data with ledger in SQL Server 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/tag\/sql-server-2022-blogging-series\/\">SQL Server 2022 blog series<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are pleased to introduce you to ledger, a new technology that uses the power of blockchain to offer a tamper-proof record of data modifications. Currently in Azure SQL, this feature is also part of the SQL Server 2022 release.<br><br>We\u2019re making the data in SQL verifiable using the same cryptographic patterns seen in blockchain technology, while keeping the flexibility and performance of a traditional database. Ledger is centrally managed, and you can cryptographically attest to other parties that your data can be trusted and hasn\u2019t been tampered with.<br><br>The ledger and the historical data are managed transparently, offering protection without any application changes. In addition, historical data is maintained in a relational form to support SQL queries for auditing, forensics, and other applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"learn-more\">Learn more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure to read the full blog post, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/azure-sql-blog\/ledger-now-generally-available-in-azure-sql-database\/ba-p\/3379658\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ledger now generally available in Azure SQL Database<\/a>, to learn more about ledger and <a href=\"https:\/\/info.microsoft.com\/ww-landing-sql-server-2022.html\">download the SQL Server 2022 preview today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to introduce you to ledger, a new technology that uses the power of blockchain to offer a tamper-proof record of data modifications. 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