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

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

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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

1,882 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

12,922 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

786 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

676 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

960 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

1,525 reads

Security Issue with SQL Server Reporting Services 2008

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I have a CTP of SSRS 2008 deployed to one of my servers. Today I built a couple of reports...

2008-05-30

2,541 reads

Pictures from Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Last night the Midlands PASS Chapter had the pleasure of hosting SQL Server MVP Brian Knight. I was able to...

2008-05-28

1,550 reads

Reminder: Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting with Brian Knight

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Speaker: SQL Server MVP Brian Knight
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold a special meeting on...

2008-05-23

1,730 reads

Blogs

The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech

If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...

Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server

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I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...

Questions and Answers from Running a Local LLM

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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: JSON_ARRAYAGG

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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Multiple Sequence Values

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