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

Internet Explorer Vulnerability

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you're using Internet Explorer, be advised Microsoft has released a
security advisory for Internet Explorer. This would allow an attacker
to...

2006-03-28

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Rights within the database

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This is a follow-on to my post What are the actual rights?

First and foremost, I want to include membership in...

2006-03-14

1,416 reads

What are the actual rights?

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

One of the things I've started to work on are some scripts to quickly
be able to pull what a user's...

2006-03-14

1,445 reads

First Impressions of Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I received a copy of Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services
a few weeks back from Kathi. Because of illness and...

2006-03-13

1,481 reads

Tool Updates

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Catching up on recent updates for tools I've looked at and/or recommended.

SQL Server Tools:

PromptSQL is now up to version 1.4....

2006-03-13

1,565 reads

Microsoft MVP Program

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I think anyone who posts actively in the various on-line forums for
Microsoft products (such as SSC.com) hopes one day to...

2006-02-23

1,371 reads

Mavericks don't make it

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

One of the blogs I most enjoy reading is Life Beyond Code.
This blog allows me to take off my technology...

2006-02-18

1,442 reads

My Reading list

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

In the tradition of many others, I decided to add a reading list to my professional site. The reading list...

2006-02-16

1,418 reads

Testing, Testing, and More Testing

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've been out of pocket and off the forums for the last few weeks as
we've had several major tasks where...

2006-02-15

1,369 reads

Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer?

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I saw this on Greg Hughes' blog
and wondered, "What in the world?" So I took a look. It's one of...

2006-02-10

1,428 reads

Blogs

Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use

Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...

Start with the FabricTools PowerShell module

Managing Microsoft Fabric at scale quickly becomes painful if you rely only on the...

Enterprise AI Operating Rhythm – Top 5 practices for 2026

By Joyful-Craftsmen

2025 exposed a growing gap between AI ambition and operational reality. As budgets tightened...

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Celebrating Tomorrow

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Celebrating Tomorrow

SQL Art: I Made a Christmas Card In SSMS

Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Art: I Made a...

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I am using ssrs in visual studio 2022, I work on a report, there...

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Celebrating Tomorrow

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