Brian Kelley

Brian Kelley is an author, columnist, and Microsoft SQL Server MVP focusing primarily on SQL Server security. He is a contributing author for How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005 (Syngress), Professional SQL Server 2008 Administration (Wrox), and Introduction to SQL Server (Texas Publishing). Brian currently serves as an infrastructure and security architect. He has also served as a senior Microsoft SQL Server DBA, database architect, developer, and incident response team lead.

Interests: Chess, Reading, Soccer (Football), Baseball, Animals, Theology

Excellent post on encryption

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Laurentiu Cristofor has an excellent blog post, Who needs encryption?, which presents some point blank facts about encryption and the...

2006-12-01

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Implementing Encrypting File System (EFS) with SQL Server

by Brian Kelley

SQLServerCentral.com

Administration

EFS provides a mechanism for encrypting files completely transparent to higher level applications such as SQL Server. In this article by Brian Kelley, he shows you how to implement this type of security in your environment.

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2006-12-01 (first published: 2002-12-09)

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Professional Association of SQL Server - Midlands Chapter First Meeting

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you are in South Carolina or a nearby location (Charlotte, Augusta, etc.) and are interested in participating in an...

2006-12-01

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TechEd 2007 tracks announced

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The Microsoft TechEd tracks have been released early here:

Sneak Peak at the 2007 Tracks

For those who are interested in attending...

2006-12-01

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ApexSQL SQL Server VIP/MVP Offer

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

ApexSQL has an offer to anyone who is a SQL Server MVP or VIP for a gratuity of their ApexSQL...

2006-11-29

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Measuring pi by throwing frozen hot dogs?

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I saw this today on my Google front page under the How To section:

How to Calculate Pi by Throwing Frozen...

2006-11-29

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Microsoft Network Monitor 3.0 Released

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you aren't familiar with Network Monitor, it's a packet sniffer that's a Windows component on the server builds (Control...

2006-11-29

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SysInternals now on Microsoft TechNet

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

It wasn't too long ago that Mark Russinovich announced he was becoming a Microsoft employee (new link as his old...

2006-11-27

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NGSSoftware compares Oracle and SQL Server security

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I first saw this at SQL Server MVP Jasper Smith's blog post Which database is more secure? Oracle vs. Microsoft:

NGSSoftware...

2006-11-25

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Teaching Children to Program

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

One of the blogs I follow is Andrew Coates' blog over at MSDN. He has posted about starting to help...

2006-11-21

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Blogs

T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward

This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...

dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts

By Koen Verbeeck

You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...

How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)

How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...

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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases

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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases

Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?

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