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

The Reason I Won't Be at the PASS Summit This Year

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

We welcomed daughter #3 and child #5 into this world on Saturday at 9:43 AM. She came a bit earlier...

2012-09-24

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PASS ProfDev VC presentation recording available

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Back on August 15th I did a webinar for the PASS Professional Development virtual chapter on my talk Being the...

2012-09-10

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An important query to remember

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This is based on a post with respect to where our focus and efforts should be that I wrote at...

2012-08-30

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Resources for Those Dealing with Security Patches

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

It's been a while since I was in the day-to-day business of security patches. However, I still keep up with...

2012-08-24 (first published: 2012-08-21)

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Don't Disconnect Your Common Sense

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This falls in line with a previous post about common sense in IT.
I was having lunch with a co-worker,...

2012-08-23

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Rant: Applying Common Sense in IT

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I was watching a training video last night and the instructor made the statement we hear all the time:
"Test this...

2012-08-23 (first published: 2012-08-17)

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Delaying AV Definitions?

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Auto-deploying AV definitions has become common place throughout the industry. However, this post from the SANS Internet Storm Center raises the...

2012-08-21

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PowerShell Saturday in Charlotte, NC

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

If you are in or around the Charlotte, NC area, there is a PowerShell Saturday coming your way on September...

2012-08-15

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Speaking Tomorrow for Professional Development VC

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

As I blogged about previously, tomorrow (Wednesday) I will be speaking for the PASS Professional Development virtual chapter. My talk will...

2012-08-14

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Audit Yourself Regularly

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Around April this year, my men's accountability group was talking about a shared pain: income taxes. We were all worried...

2012-08-13

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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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Perfermance result aftet purge operatio

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Hello everyone, I am planning to implement a data purging solution that is expected...

SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles

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SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles

In SQL Server 2022+, what does the ##MS_DatabaseConnector## role allow?

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