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

Beginner Sessions at SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

A very good question was asked about the SQL Saturday #70 session track, and that's "What courses are best suited...

2011-03-15

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SQL Server Connectivity Issues with Named Instances

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

This came up on Twitter last night and if you're not very strong on networking, this can be really confusing....

2011-03-10

13,203 reads

[OFF-TOPIC] Make a difference

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I follow the blog of Johnny Long (twitter) from time-to-time, especially as he chronicled his work in Uganda. I know...

2011-03-09

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Selecting Speakers for SQL Saturday #70

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

The Call for Speakers for SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC, ended on February 17, 2011. We wanted to put the...

2011-02-25

1,646 reads

Configuring Antivirus for SQL Servers

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I've been on both sides of the debate with respect to whether or not to install antivirus software on a...

2011-02-24

3,369 reads

PASS in Five Years: It's about the Members

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Andy Warren (blog | twitter) recently blogged about wanting input on What Should PASS Be? and I think it's a reasonable...

2011-02-24

1,489 reads

PASS Election Review Committee: NomCom Process

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Over on the ERC forums, Bill Graziano (blog | twitter) has posted the proposed NomCom selection process. We would really like...

2011-02-23

596 reads

Shameless Self-Promotion - Introduction to SQL Server [Book]

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

My introductory text to SQL Server, appropriately titled Introduction to SQL Server, is now in print and available for sale. The...

2011-02-22

945 reads

Use Patterns and Prior Code and Don't Reinvent the Wheel

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

In recent days I've seen folks try to recreate functionality when they had access to code that already did effectively the...

2011-02-21

1,971 reads

SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC 2011 Session Schedule Is Up!

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

As announced, we have posted our session schedule for SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC. The event will be March 19, 2011...

2011-02-19

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Blogs

Finding fields used in a Power BI report in PBIR format with Semantic Link Labs

By Meagan Longoria

Have you ever wondered where a certain field is used in a report? Or...

Adding Test data to msdb.sysjobhistory

One of our internal people was looking to test some process in (I assume)...

Microsoft Ignite Announcements Nov 2024

Announced at Microsoft Ignite last week were some new product features related to the...

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Primary and Secondary Filegroup

Hello, I am having database primary and secondary filegroup. Few tables/indexes are partitioned on...

Import data from json file with special characters

I am using the following script to import data from a json file. This...

% processor Time in Activity monitor is greyed out

By IT researcher

When I connect to my SQL Server using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) from...

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Question of the Day

The Hash Join II

Which of these inputs is the smaller input to a hash join?

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