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

Gaining Speaker Experience Credentials

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

One of the things I saw on Twitter yesterday was several folks saying their abstract submissions had been turned down...

2011-06-16

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Speaking at the 2011 PASS Summit

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The emails came in today and 2 out of 4 of my sessions were selected. Both are the ones I...

2011-06-15

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Planning Your Upgrade Well

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Yesterday I talked about the importance of having a tested business recovery plan. If you didn't read yesterday's post, the...

2011-06-07

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The Importance of a Business Recovery Plan

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Recently I was in one of those chain restaurants (the middle-priced, sit-down types) and shortly after we got there, we...

2011-06-06

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Re-Focusing the Blog a Bit

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

In recent weeks I've strayed pretty much all over the map with respect to topics. I have another blog, the...

2011-06-01

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Project Management: Dedicated vs. Shared Resources

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

As an infrastructure type person, I typically represent a "shared" resource. What that means is I'm not dedicated to just...

2011-05-13

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You Are Responsible for You

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Steve Jones wrote an editorial yesterday called The Poor Soul. It talked about being thrown into a responsibility one didn't...

2011-05-12

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Dealing with Frustration in the Workplace

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Inevitably, even if we work for ourselves, we get frustrated with our workplace. This is true of all aspects of...

2011-05-11

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Vote for My PASS Summit Sessions

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Yes, this is absolutely a shameless post for self-promotion. However, since potential attendees get to offer input into what sessions...

2011-05-11

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Know Your Limits

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

A little over a week ago I roughed up my back moving sound equipment after a ministry event. I have...

2011-05-10

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Blogs

T-SQL Tuesday #201 Round-Up: Temp Tables, Friend or Foe?

The T-SQL Tuesday #201 round-up: nine bloggers on whether temp tables are a friend...

Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server

I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...

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...

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Admin Rights for Everyone

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Kerberos Authentication for Aurora PostgreSQL: Mapping AD Groups to Database Roles

By Arvind Toorpu

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RegEx Functions I

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RegEx Functions I

Which of these RegEx functions need compatibility level 170 in SQL Server 2025?

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