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

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS12-070 for SSRS

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Today is black Tuesday for October 2012. One security bulletin is specifically for a component of the SQL Server stack:...

2012-10-15 (first published: 2012-10-09)

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MS12-070 - Should I patch more than Reporting Services?

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you're dealing with a version of SQL Server greater than SQL Server 2000, at this point I'm going to...

2012-10-11

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Slides and Scripts from Idera Auditing SQL Server presentation

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I had a few folks ask me for the slides and SQL scripts from the Auditing SQL Server webinar I...

2012-10-10

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Kathi Kellenberger speaking at Midlands PASS

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

On October 17th, Midlands PASS will welcome Kathi Kellenberger to speak on T-SQL 2012. Here's what her talk will be...

2012-10-05

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Webcast on SQL Server Auditing on October 9th

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Idera will be re-broadcasting that I recorded earlier in the year on meeting audits with SQL Server. It's scheduled for...

2012-10-04

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Participate in the PASS Election Process

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Once again it is time for the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Board of Directors election. This year there...

2012-09-26

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The Reason I Won't Be at the PASS Summit This Year

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

We welcomed daughter #3 and child #5 into this world on Saturday at 9:43 AM. She came a bit earlier...

2012-09-24

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PASS ProfDev VC presentation recording available

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Back on August 15th I did a webinar for the PASS Professional Development virtual chapter on my talk Being the...

2012-09-10

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An important query to remember

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This is based on a post with respect to where our focus and efforts should be that I wrote at...

2012-08-30

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Resources for Those Dealing with Security Patches

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

It's been a while since I was in the day-to-day business of security patches. However, I still keep up with...

2012-08-24 (first published: 2012-08-21)

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Blogs

Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container

By MarlonRibunal

In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...

Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code

Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...

Using Claude Code as a Database SRE Agent with the Everpure Fusion MCP Server

By Anthony Nocentino

Here’s the scenario: one of my SQL Server instances migrated to the DR array....

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Forums

PowerBI Question - Data Sources

By Brandie Tarvin

I don't see a PowerBI forum, so I'm posting here. I have a need...

SQL Server Certificates

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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Connect an Azure Function to Azure SQL database Using a Managed Identity

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SQL Server Certificates

Which of these is not true for certificates used for SQL Server connections?

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