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

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

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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

12,923 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

795 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

678 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

961 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

1,526 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

2,550 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

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Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code

Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...

Using Claude Code as a Database SRE Agent with the Everpure Fusion MCP Server

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Here’s the scenario: one of my SQL Server instances migrated to the DR array....

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Question of the Day

BIT_COUNT() III

In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:

select bit_count(-1)

What is returned?

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