Introduction

This document describes the procedure for integrating the Entrust Cryptographic Security Platform (CSP) Vault with Microsoft SQL Server. The Entrust CSP Vault becomes the Extensible Key Management (EKM) provider for Microsoft SQL Server TDE.

Product configurations

Entrust has successfully tested the Microsoft SQL Server TDE integration with the Entrust CSP Vault in the following configurations:

Product Version

Microsoft SQL Server

Enterprise Edition 2025

SQL Server Management Studio

22.4.1

Entrust CSP Vault

10.5.1

Operating System

Windows Server 2025

Requirements

Access to the Entrust TrustedCare Portal. This portal is available to customers under maintenance. To request an account, contact nshield.support@entrust.com.

Familiarize yourself with the following documentation: