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

SQL Server MVP Randy Dyess webcast on SQL Server 2008 Security

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

SQL Server MVP Randy Dyess has a short webcast which provides the highlights of SQL Server 2008 security.He includes some...

2008-02-03

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SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard on .NET Rocks!

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard is on the latest edition of .NET Rocks! If you're not familiar with .NET Rocks!,...

2008-02-01

749 reads

The Importance of Verifying Database Backups Regularly

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Yesterday, as I was pulling into my driveway, my front left tire gave. Thankfully, I was going really slow and...

2008-01-31

1,665 reads

A Long Overdue Database Security Rant

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've been dealing with a security product from a security company in recent days that breaks best practices with respect...

2008-01-30

2,302 reads

First Heroes Happen Here (HHH) Comic

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Microsoft and Seagate have partnered togethered to put together an IT Heroes comic (daily even). The first one is here:
...

2008-01-29

1,562 reads

Ken Henderson has passed away

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I know I'm not the first in the SQL Server community to post this, but Ken Henderson has passed away...

2008-01-29

1,909 reads

Part II of Troubleshooting Memory Issues

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The Windows Server Performance Team has published part 2 of troubleshooting memory issues.
This one covers excessive paging and memory...

2008-01-29

1,671 reads

Citrix Presentation Server Becomes XenApp

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Citrix is changing the name of its flagship product from Citrix Presentation Server (CPS) to XenApp. More from the blogosphere:
Citrix...

2008-01-28

1,990 reads

Metasploit 3.1 is out

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The new version of Metasploit is out. Included is a GUI interface. It's a complete re-write in Ruby (note to...

2008-01-28

1,516 reads

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Deployment Guides available

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Saw this first on Aaron Stebner's blog:
.NET Framework 3.5 deployment guides have been published on MSDN
Guidance information for both...

2008-01-28

1,561 reads

Blogs

Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up

I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...

Who Are You Doing It For?

By Brian Kelley

But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...

Presenting Twice in May 2026

I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...

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Forums

what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater

By rajemessage 14195

can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...

Radius Latitude Longitude

I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...

degree of parallelism

Team, I'm trying to figure out what will be the best recommendation to configure...

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A Fun Computer Quote

Which movie featured this quote?

"All programs have a desire to be useful."

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