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

Speaking for PASS Professional Development Virtual Chapter

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This coming Wednesday I will be speaking for the PASS Professional Development virtual chapter. My talk will be on my...

2012-08-10

2,115 reads

Don't Use Passwords That Can Be Social-Engineered

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

A Facebook thread by one of my friends brought this one to mind. He was asking about what the current...

2012-08-09

1,946 reads

Learn to Use Books Online

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

One of the first questions I hear from folks wanting to grow in their Microsoft SQL Server DBA or database developer...

2012-08-06

2,075 reads

Stop Storing Unencrypted Passwords!

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I was called over today by a person doing application support to help troubleshoot a database connectivity issue. This isn't a...

2012-07-30 (first published: 2012-07-26)

2,743 reads

Cross-Post: Set Milestones for Little Victories

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This seemed appropriate to cross-post from Goal Keeping DBA given the editorial for today:
One of the first pieces of advice...

2012-07-25

1,091 reads

Columbia Enterprise Developers Guild meeting tonight

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you're in or around the Midlands of South Carolina area, the Columbia Enterprise Developers Guild meets the 2nd Wednesday...

2012-07-11

953 reads

Sorry, Mikko, the box was already open

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

In a blog post F-Secure's Chief Research Officer, Mikko Hypponen (blog | twitter), indicated that with the US participating in cyberattacks...

2012-06-11 (first published: 2012-06-05)

2,385 reads

A Busy Week of Speaking

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I'm hitting 3 venues in 5 days giving 4 different talks. If you plan on making one of these, I'd...

2012-06-07

1,048 reads

After August, I'm Done Traveling for the Year

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I mentioned in a post over at my Goal Keeping DBA blog that I was not planning to attend the...

2012-05-31

2,107 reads

We Need More Folks in Technology, Period.

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I took my boys to a game design workshop on Saturday that was sponsored and put on by an organization...

2012-05-14

1,278 reads

Blogs

The Benefits of Teaching

By Brian Kelley

Even preparing for a class or seminar with set materials takes a lot of...

Power BI, Excel, OneLake – Dreams Do Come True!

By DataOnWheels

I can’t believe it’s finally here! A way to have Excel live in OneDrive...

The Book of Redgate: What Our Staff Says

This image is from 2010, and it goes along with my last post of...

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Forums

Deny Connect problem

By Brandie Tarvin

I have a login I need to deny connect to on a server, but...

Website Stability 2025/12/05

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

All week we've had issues with the site being up and down. There's been...

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I created a post (or tried) in the 2022 Admin forum. https://www.sqlservercentral.com/?post_type=topic&p=4694880 But it's...

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Question of the Day

Fabric Mirroring

In which versions can I mirror a database from an on-premises SQL Server to a Fabric data warehouse?

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