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

First Performance Virtual Chapter Webcast

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Thanks to the outstanding efforts of Tim Edwards (twitter | blog), our fearless leader, and the rest of the crew, the PASS...

2010-06-28

890 reads

So I Won't Be Going to the Summit This Year

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

As the deadline for abstracts to be submitted to the PASS Summit came due, I made the hard decision not...

2010-06-16

641 reads

A Greek Tragedy

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This is just tragic. Thanks to Brent Ozar (twitter | blog) for posting it.
Idera web site hit by SQL injection attack
The...

2010-06-11

573 reads

Overcoming Your Limits

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

As I age in years, I realize more and more how blessed I was to attend The Citadel, the Military...

2010-06-08

1,258 reads

Slides from SQL Server Auditing Class

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Here are the slides from the SQL Server Auditing Class held on June 2, 2010.
Hour 1 - Attacking SQL Server
Hour 2...

2010-06-03

1,014 reads

Providing Quality to the Community

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This has been on my mind since last week after a conversation with a friend of mine, Bobby Dimmick (twitter)....

2010-05-19

1,185 reads

Microsoft Certified Architect - Infrastructure and Solutions Are No More

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

A friend of mine had been out to the Microsoft Certified Architect site recently and noted that the Infrastructure and...

2010-05-14

1,959 reads

Join the Community - AKA, "Where did he go, George?"

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

In recent days I've kind of dropped off the map with respect to SQL Server, including with the Security and...

2010-05-11

759 reads

Why I Don't Look for a Telecommuting Job

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I just got done reading Brent Ozar's post about why folks don't get the telecommuting job they want. It's a...

2010-05-07

3,102 reads

SQL University Post Coming Tomorrow

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This is a short note to say that the SQL University post will arrive tomorrow. Today we're dealing with the...

2010-04-28

1,435 reads

Blogs

The fundamental requirements of a reporting system

By ChrisJenkins

There are some fundamental boxes that your reporting system must tick. ✅ The figures...

Seeing the Bigger Picture: How A Monitoring Tool Changed My Approach to Estate Management

When it comes to managing complex database environments, having the right monitoring solution is...

A New Word: Foilsick

foilsick – adj. feeling ashamed after revealing a little too much of yourself to...

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Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs

By Nisarg Upadhyay

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Create an HTML Report on...

The Last Good DBCC Run

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Last Good DBCC Run

count the number of NULLs in a row

Hi everyone I have a SP that finds the average based on 3 tables. ...

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The Last Good DBCC Run

I want to check when DBCC CHECKDB was last run on my Baseball database. What code should I use?

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