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

Installing 5.0.51a MySQL Community Edition on Windows Vista

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I'm still working on getting all of my tools and apps onto my new laptop, which is running Vista Ultimate....

2008-04-04

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Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting - April 3, 2008

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This is a meeting reminder about our next PASS meeting scheduled for April 3, 2008. It will once again be...

2008-04-01

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Presenting at Jacksonville SQLSaturday in May

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Looks like my family and I will make the trek down to Jacksonville in May for SQLSaturday. One of my...

2008-04-01

621 reads

Vulnerability announcements coming for Windows products

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I'm a little late on this one, but Cesar Cerrudo has announced he's going to demonstrate exploits to Windows Server...

2008-04-01

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Getting Reporting Services to work on Vista

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I recently ordered a new laptop and this one came with Windows Vista Ultimate. I knew about having to install...

2008-03-26

2,748 reads

Hadn't written in a bit - that should improve again

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've been swarmed under at work and with migraines. That should change over the weekend (the swarmed under... migraines come...

2008-03-13

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Changing the Command Prompt

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I spend a lot of time at the command prompt and to be perfectly honest, I'm tired of looking at:
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2008-02-20

1,757 reads

Errata for SQL Server Certification Books

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Back in this blog post, I indicated which books I was using to complete the MCITP certifications for SQL Server....

2008-02-19

1,745 reads

Kalen Delaney SQL Server Internals DVD

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I did end up pre-ordering the first DVD on SQL Server internals by SQL Server MVP and SQL Server internals...

2008-02-11

1,368 reads

The Right Font

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I was doing some development on my laptop tonight and I was getting fed up with the default font, Courier...

2008-02-09

3,648 reads

Blogs

A New Word: Dorgone

dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...

Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers

Many of us use AI the same way every single day. Open a tab....

SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident

SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident SQL...

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Hyperscale Replicas II

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Practical Reporting Queries with CROSS APPLY (Part 3)

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