Love What You Do
I've been dealing with illness the last few weeks, probably due to the rather heavy pollen season here in South...
2011-04-29
1,543 reads
Brian Kelley
- Interests: Chess, Reading, Soccer (Football), Baseball, Animals, Theology
SQL University: Who has access to my SQL Server?
Welcome to PowerShell Week #2 for SQL University! One of the frequent questions I hear is, "Who has access to...
2011-04-26
2,788 reads
If a web page asks you to update Adobe Flash Player
You don't want to do so from that web page. Instead you want to go to the Adobe web site...
2011-04-22
1,121 reads
Why having two accounts is a good thing
Today on Twitter a friend of mine posted that the AV on his SQL Server flagged two trojans that were...
2011-04-22
700 reads
Evaluating my SQL Connection Scores
This evening I received my SQL Connection scores for the following presentations:
Windows Internals for DB ProsFrom the Ramparts: Knowing What...
2011-04-20
1,477 reads
Cain does LSA Secrets dump on Vista and higher now
Since going back to being a senior DBA, I've not stayed on top of the latest tools like I did...
2011-04-19
2,078 reads
"What's the point?"
This is a crucial question with regards to what needs to be done. It really hit home after listening to...
2011-04-18
809 reads
It's not about whether you're a consultant or full-time staff...
There's an article that's making its way through the SQL Ranks: Consultants are pros, while corporate IT staff are minor...
2011-04-12
1,335 reads
An Appeal to Those Writing Training Documentation and Labs
I'm coming to the end of a week of training in a Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) Course. I should expect...
2011-04-08
920 reads
On Leadership - Lead by Example
This is the second part of a leadership series I started with On Leadership - Lead from the Front. To recap...
2011-04-07
1,604 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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