Connecting to AWS RDS Instance from local SSMS

DB instance is the building block of Amazon RDS. It can contain multiple user created databases. We need to get access to database more securely. Security is always number one priority when we evaluate at IT infrastructure from a business standpoint. Databases run on instances within a VPC, so network is the first layer of defense. While creating the database, we choose whether database is publicly accessible or not. Even after making database publicly accessible, we can protect the database using restrictive security groups. It ensures that only the IP addresses and ports we are using are allowed, and no one else can access data. Here are the steps we need to follow to connect RDS DB instance from local SSMS and restrict others from accessing database. Step1: Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the RDS console. Choose Databases to display a list of DB instances. Step2: Choose the SQL Server DB instance name to display its details. Step3: On...