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

Reminder - Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting - July 17 - MVP John Welch

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The Midlands PASS Chapter hosts:
SQL Server MVP John Welch
July 17, 2008 at Training Concepts
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold a...

2008-07-16

626 reads

Community Megaphone Site for User Group Announcements

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you're looking to advertise your user group meetings, code camps, SQL Saturdays, etc., there a site that's trying to...

2008-07-10

561 reads

Contact Me Disabled

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've been getting spammed like crazy through the Contact Me link. As a result, I've had to disable it. If...

2008-07-10

609 reads

Midlands PASS Meeting - July 17 - SQL Server MVP John Welch

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The Midlands PASS Chapter hosts:
SQL Server MVP John Welch
July 17, 2008 at Training Concepts
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold a...

2008-07-03

712 reads

Off-Topic: Microsoft Marketing

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I saw a blog post by Robert Hensing talking about Microsoft's new GPS product and its very uncreative name. This...

2008-06-17

1,879 reads

Avoid Domain Admin level accounts for SQL Server

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Every so often I see a post in the forums where someone has stated they've used a Domain Admin level...

2008-06-12

12,916 reads

How to Do and Not Do Customer Support

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I recently purchased a Dell XPS M1530 laptop for use both for professional work (consulting & presentations) and ministry (mostly presentations)....

2008-06-10

782 reads

Data Loss Mailing List and Database

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The folks at attrition.org have been stalwarts in providing information to the security community for ages, it seems. I first...

2008-06-04

670 reads

Security by Obscurity?

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Andy Warren points to a TechNet article about Security by Obscurity and wanted me to post some notes. Let's start...

2008-06-04

952 reads

Now on Twitter

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

A few colleagues of mine, Andy Leonard, Jason Massie, and Chuck Boyce, are all on Twitter. As a matter of fact,...

2008-05-30

1,515 reads

Blogs

SQL Clone at Scale with Striped Backups

I had a customer recently reach out to ask if SQL Clone would work...

Designing for Observability in Fabric Powered Data Ecosystems

In today’s data-driven world, observability is not an optional add-on but a foundational principle....

SQL Server 2025 Unleashed Live Training – A New Era Begins

By Klaus Aschenbrenner

I’m excited to announce my brand-new SQL Server 2025 Unleashed live online training on...

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Forums

Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs

By Nisarg Upadhyay

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Create an HTML Report on...

Connecting to SQL express 2019 server

By waltthrombey

Hello, Our old server is on its last legs, and I'm transitioning to a...

Docker Advice for SQL Server in Production

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Docker Advice for SQL Server...

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Question of the Day

Striped Backup File Limits

In SQL Server 2022, how many backup files can I have in a striped backup?

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