Azure SQL database ALTER CERTIFICATE changes the password used to encrypt the private key of a certificate, removes the private key, or imports the private key if none is present. Example, changing the password that is used to encrypt the private key: ALTER CERTIFICATE Shipping11 - WITH PRIVATE KEY (DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '95hkjdskghFDGGG4%', ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '34958tosdgfkh##38'); Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/alter-certificate-transact-sql