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

Carolina Technology Conference: Presentation Materials

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

For those able to attend my session at this year’s Carolina Technology Conference, thank you! As promised, here are the...

2014-10-06

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Four Things PASS gets Right

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

PASS has taken a lot of heat recently. A few folks have pointed out that you only seem to hear...

2014-09-29 (first published: 2014-09-24)

6,786 reads

[Off-Topic] Beating Childhood Cancer

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Note: I feel this post is important enough to post across all my blogs.
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month here...

2014-09-09

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4 Attitudes I Wish I Had Earlier as a DBA

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I was tagged by Mike Walsh (blog | twitter) in his post 4 Attitudes I Wish I Had Earlier As a...

2014-09-05 (first published: 2014-08-28)

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Audit Webinar Tomorrow (4 September 2014)

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I will be given a webinar on how to audit SQL Server through MSSQLTips.com.
Webinar Registration Link
The abstract:
Don’t become a statistic....

2014-09-03

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Continuous Integration/Delivery without Testing!

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Anything we can do to automate our builds and deployment should be considered. After all, the point isn’t just to...

2014-08-28 (first published: 2014-08-25)

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Still a Need for a SQL Server Specific Organization

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you haven’t already, please read Denise McInerney’s post about why PASS no longer stands for the Professional Association for...

2014-08-20

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Guest Post on SQL Authority – Default Trace & Deleted Databases

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I had the opportunity to write another guest post at SQL Authority:
Finding Out What Changed in a Deleted Database
This one...

2014-08-14

1,366 reads

One of Those Must Read Books – The Cuckoo’s Egg

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I was reading a book about network security monitoring and it mentioned The Cuckoo’s Egg by Cliff Stoll. Stoll’s book has been...

2014-08-13

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Guest Editorial Live on SSC

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

My guest editorial is live on SQLServerCentral.com. My argument is a simple one: we don’t care about data and IT...

2014-08-11

496 reads

Blogs

Experimenting with CHOOSE: #SQLNewBlogger

I was looking over the CHOOSE() function while editing an article at SQL Server...

Fighting Procrastination?

By Brian Kelley

Here is another short video (~ 15 minutes). This is by the author of...

A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit

I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...

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SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles

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