Also known as Data Obfuscation
It is the process of hiding important/ classified information
Data Masking is applicable for SQL Database, SQL Managed Instance and Azure Synapse Analytics
Making rules defines the set of columns that need to be masked along with the function that needs to be used for masking the data
In the data masking blade in Azure Portal, suggestions are made on columns that could benefit from data masking
Data Masking cannot be applied to SQL Managed Instance using the Azure Portal
It can be enabled directly from the portal or using T-SQL statements
Users with administrative privileges are always excluded from data masking
Data Masking Functions
