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

Focus on Your Passion

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Tuesday night I was having a conversation with my younger son, whom we call Turtle. It's a nickname that came...

2010-03-04

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Baby Steps to Learning Something New

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I had a really bad habit of trying to jump into the middle of something I didn't know very well,...

2010-03-03

4,814 reads

Personal "Failure" Is Just a Result

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I'm reading a book by two teens called Do Hard Things. It's a book which represents a rejection of the...

2010-03-02

985 reads

Plan for Failure

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Notice I didn't title this "Plan to Fail." We should never plan to fail. That's sabotage. And that ain't right,...

2010-02-24

1,023 reads

Quest POTW Webcast on SQL Injection Now Available

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Back a couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of participating in a Pain of the Week webcast with Kevin...

2010-02-23

1,381 reads

What Does It Look Like When Everything Is Okay?

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I'm a big believer in looking at systems when everything is okay. I'm not the only one, as Joe Richards, a...

2010-02-22

880 reads

On Ethics

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I was having a conversation recently with a friend and former co-worker of mine. He's bounced around here and there,...

2010-02-19

805 reads

Why I Don't Like Microsoft Access

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

After seeing Brent Ozar's Top 10 Reasons Why Access Doesn't Rock, and seeing all the comments it generated, I figured...

2010-02-15

4,340 reads

POTW Webcast with Kevin Kline

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Today I'll be tagging along with Kevin Kline for the Quest Pain of the Week webcast. We'll be talking about...

2010-02-11

955 reads

Knowing how to use ATTRIB

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

ATTRIB is one of those commands back from the days of DOS which most folks don't even realize it's there....

2010-02-03

2,270 reads

Blogs

What Does It Mean to Make Data AI-Ready?

Making Data AI-Ready, Part 1 (This is the first article in a three-part series...

Using the Data API Builder–VS Live San Diego Resources

Thanks for attending my sessions. Resources below: Slides: Using Data API Builder GitHub repo: ...

Running a Local LLM On Your Laptop Resources

Thanks to everyone that attended my sessions at VS Live San Diego yesterday. It...

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Hyperscale Replicas II

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Practical Reporting Queries with CROSS APPLY (Part 3)

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Your Favorite Quotes

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Hyperscale Replicas II

How many Azure SQL DB Hyperscale HA replicas can be configured as of Sept 2026?

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