In SQL Server, you can encrypt a view at the time you first create it, or you can alter it later to include encryption. To create a view with T-SQL, you use the CREATE VIEW syntax. To encrypt it, you add the WITH ENCRYPTION argument. You can also use the same argument to encrypt an existing view when using ALTER VIEW .

What is the importance of creating a view with encryption?

syscomments that contain the text of the CREATE VIEW statement. Using WITH ENCRYPTION prevents the view from being published as part of SQL Server replication.

Which can be used with always encrypted?

Always Encrypted with secure enclaves, introduced in SQL Server 2019 (15. x), does support encrypting existing data using Transact-SQL. It also eliminates the need to move the data outside of the database for cryptographic operations.