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

SQL University Starting Back Up

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Jorge Segarra's ( @SQLChicken) excellent community idea, SQL University, is starting back up next week. This is effectively free training on...

2010-04-08

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New MSSQLTips Article: Nesting Database Roles in SQL Server

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I'm still way behind on my writing for the year, thanks to fighting off stronger than usual migraines and now...

2010-04-07

1,671 reads

What I Do to Prep a Technical Presentation

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This was a question asked on Twitter the other day, "How do folks prepare for a presentation?" Here are some...

2010-04-06

801 reads

So you want to write a blog?

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

First, figure out what you want to write about. It should be something you have passion for. And it should...

2010-03-27

1,534 reads

Learning About Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Among the Microsoft certifications, the Microsoft Certified Master is the apex of all of them except maybe the Microsoft Certified...

2010-03-26

1,676 reads

SQL Saturday - Columbia

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've talked about trying to do a SQL Saturday event in Columbia, SC, for the last couple of years, ever...

2010-03-26

674 reads

Have a Question? Use the Forums

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I try to keep a pretty tight lid on the comments to the blog because there's a lot of SPAM...

2010-03-25

531 reads

Avoiding Plagiarism

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Having gone to an academic magnet school, I have quite a few friends who are teaching at the university level...

2010-03-24

1,905 reads

Don't Throw Something New In At Production Deployment

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This post comes from a conversation I had with a developer last week as well as my experiences over the...

2010-03-22

1,807 reads

When It "Has" to Use SA...

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

As an infrastructure and security architect, I cringe any time any one mentions the following:
Domain AdminrootsaThose accounts can do anything...

2010-03-19

646 reads

Blogs

From Planning to Practice: Setting Up Your FinOps Framework

As someone who works in DevOps, I’m always focused on creating systems that are...

“We love to debate minutiae”

By Brian Kelley

I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...

Advice I Like: Knots

Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....

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Forums

how to write this query?

Hi everyone I asked this earlier but the desired outcome is a bit different...

Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB

Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...

Multiple Deployment Processes

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Multiple Deployment Processes

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Question of the Day

Upgrading Admin Queries

I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?

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