Overview The SQL Server Security Compliance Benchmark automatically evaluates SQL Server platform and security settings against established best practices for both on‑premises SQL Server installations and Azure SQL Managed Instances. It includes more than 80 checks across platform configuration, surface area reduction, authentication, encryption, and auditing, and leverages the core capabilities of the XIA Configuration compliance benchmarking platform. Screenshot of the free SQL Server Security Compliance Benchmark tool. Screenshot of the benchmark settings.
SQL Server Security Compliance Benchmark Output The tool has the ability to generate the output of the SQL Server Security Compliance Benchmark in PDF format. View example documentation Example benchmark documentation cover output generated by the free tool. Example benchmark documentation content output generated by the free tool.