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

TechEd 2007 tracks announced

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The Microsoft TechEd tracks have been released early here:

Sneak Peak at the 2007 Tracks

For those who are interested in attending...

2006-12-01

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ApexSQL SQL Server VIP/MVP Offer

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

ApexSQL has an offer to anyone who is a SQL Server MVP or VIP for a gratuity of their ApexSQL...

2006-11-29

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Measuring pi by throwing frozen hot dogs?

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I saw this today on my Google front page under the How To section:

How to Calculate Pi by Throwing Frozen...

2006-11-29

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Microsoft Network Monitor 3.0 Released

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you aren't familiar with Network Monitor, it's a packet sniffer that's a Windows component on the server builds (Control...

2006-11-29

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SysInternals now on Microsoft TechNet

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

It wasn't too long ago that Mark Russinovich announced he was becoming a Microsoft employee (new link as his old...

2006-11-27

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NGSSoftware compares Oracle and SQL Server security

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I first saw this at SQL Server MVP Jasper Smith's blog post Which database is more secure? Oracle vs. Microsoft:

NGSSoftware...

2006-11-25

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Teaching Children to Program

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

One of the blogs I follow is Andrew Coates' blog over at MSDN. He has posted about starting to help...

2006-11-21

1,459 reads

Mixed Feelings about the SQL Server Central Sale to Red Gate

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've read numerous posts and several blogs discussing the SQL Server Central sale to Red Gate and at the end...

2006-11-20

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SQL Server 2005 SP2 CTP Available for Download

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The Community Technology Preview (CTP) version SQL Server 2005 SP2 has been released by Microsoft. You can find the download...

2006-11-08

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Chess

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Recently I started getting back into the game of chess as I began coaching my boys. Chess is a great...

2006-11-02

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Blogs

The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection

I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...

10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives

By Meagan Longoria

Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...

The Book of Redgate: Evidence

We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...

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A Challenge of Our Knowledge

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The memory toll of VARCHAR(MAX) in SQL Server

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Transaction Log Truncation

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Transaction Log Truncation

In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?

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