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

SQL Saturday #48 - Columbia, SC - Registration and Call for Speakers is On-line

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The website is up for SQL Saturday #48 - Columbia. We're holding it on October 2, 2010, in West Columbia, SC,...

2010-06-30

1,449 reads

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

905 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

647 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

579 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

1,285 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

1,033 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

1,202 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

1,967 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

768 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

3,123 reads

Blogs

SQL Server Problems You Can Reproduce, Measure and Fix: A Free Demo Library

By MarlonRibunal

I built a free library of runnable SQL Server demos. Each reproduces a real...

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...

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Forums

MERGE in a nested TRY/CATCH won't roll back

I have a section of code similar to the following abstract: DECLARE @loop [int]...

Perfermance result aftet purge operatio

By abdalah.mehdoini

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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