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 Server MVP Andy Leonard on .NET Rocks!

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard is on the latest edition of .NET Rocks! If you're not familiar with .NET Rocks!,...

2008-02-01

760 reads

The Importance of Verifying Database Backups Regularly

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Yesterday, as I was pulling into my driveway, my front left tire gave. Thankfully, I was going really slow and...

2008-01-31

1,672 reads

A Long Overdue Database Security Rant

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've been dealing with a security product from a security company in recent days that breaks best practices with respect...

2008-01-30

2,314 reads

First Heroes Happen Here (HHH) Comic

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Microsoft and Seagate have partnered togethered to put together an IT Heroes comic (daily even). The first one is here:
...

2008-01-29

1,568 reads

Ken Henderson has passed away

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I know I'm not the first in the SQL Server community to post this, but Ken Henderson has passed away...

2008-01-29

1,927 reads

Part II of Troubleshooting Memory Issues

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The Windows Server Performance Team has published part 2 of troubleshooting memory issues.
This one covers excessive paging and memory...

2008-01-29

1,687 reads

Citrix Presentation Server Becomes XenApp

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Citrix is changing the name of its flagship product from Citrix Presentation Server (CPS) to XenApp. More from the blogosphere:
Citrix...

2008-01-28

2,009 reads

Metasploit 3.1 is out

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The new version of Metasploit is out. Included is a GUI interface. It's a complete re-write in Ruby (note to...

2008-01-28

1,523 reads

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Deployment Guides available

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Saw this first on Aaron Stebner's blog:
.NET Framework 3.5 deployment guides have been published on MSDN
Guidance information for both...

2008-01-28

1,576 reads

Microsoft Security Webcast

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This one is geared towards IT management:
IT Manager Webcast: Dynamic IT and Security (Part 4 of 5): Identity and Access...

2008-01-28

1,658 reads

Blogs

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...

A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit

I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...

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SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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Stairway to DAX and Power BI - Level 29: The DAX Combine & Aggregate Functions

By Bill Pearson

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to DAX and Power...

AI Is Improving Security

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item AI Is Improving Security

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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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