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

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SQL Server 2005 Logins

Security was a major focus of SQL Server 2005 during its development, both in terms of making the product secure as well as enhancing the options. Security expert Brian Kelley brings us a look at how the paradigm of logins has changed and what you need to look for in SQL Server 2005.

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