Hardening SSL & TLS connections on Windows Server 2008 R2 & 2012 R2

Hardening your SSL/TLS connections is a pretty common thing to do on any Windows Server running IIS and web applications that utilize HTTPS, especially if they require some sort of compliance. It is generally a good idea to do this Continue reading

Disabling TLS 1.0 with MS SQL 2012/2014 – Services won’t start & SSMS fails to connect

Update – 2.1.2016 – I would really only use this as a last resort and I highly recommend testing this solution prior to putting it into production. At this time it does not appear that all of SQL’s features fully Continue reading