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

MSSQLTips: How to setup and use a SQL Server alias

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've written my first tip for MSSQLTips.com:
How to setup and use a SQL Server alias
It's a pretty simple thing to...

2008-11-05

914 reads

Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting - November 6, 2008

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Speaker: Brian Kelley
Midlands PASS Chapter - November 6, 2008 Meeting
Sponsored by Red Gate Software
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold our normally...

2008-11-03

524 reads

Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

When I came home from work tonight, there waiting on my was my copy of Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008...

2008-11-03

1,169 reads

Auditing for Blank Passwords

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Auditing blank passwords in SQL Server 2005 and 2008 proves a bit more challenging than in SQL Server 2000. In...

2008-11-01

1,260 reads

Miramar User Group and SQL Saturday Presentations

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Here are the two presentations from last week. On Thursday I went to Miramar, Florida and presented Fortress SQL Server....

2008-10-27

1,574 reads

Out of Band Security Bulletin Release for Microsoft Windows

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Microsoft tries to stick with the second Tuesday for security bulletin releases and has only released out-of-band a handful of...

2008-10-23

1,519 reads

"The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with."

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I know, another non-technical blog post. But this one is career-related as well.
In high school I was introduced to...

2008-10-20

1,358 reads

"To Lead Is To Follow"

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I first ran across these words as a Citadel cadet. Now those who know of my days at El Cid...

2008-10-19

849 reads

Speaking in West Palm Beach and Orlando

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I have two speaking engagements for the week of October 19:
South Florida SQL Server User Group - West Palm Beach - October...

2008-10-18

703 reads

Red Gate SQL Response Review is up

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Full Disclosure: I did receive a trial version of the software and payment for the review. I am also a...

2008-10-08

968 reads

Blogs

The Book of Redgate: Fun with Images

We’ve celebrated our birthday many times at Redgate. In the Book of Redgate –...

Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic

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Discover how Palantir connects enterprise data, supports AI-driven decision-making and helps companies turn insights...

Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic

By Joyful-Craftsmen

Palantir is an American software platform that brings together business data from different sources...

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Forums

Pay for Performance

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Pay for Performance, which is...

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SQL Server Audit Failures

If I have a SQL Server Server Audit setup, what are my options for configuring the instance in the event it can't write to the audit log?

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