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 Security Best Practices Whitepaper Released

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Saw this first here: SQL Server 2005 Security Best Practices. It's on the blog for Microsoft UK's SQL Server Premier...

2007-03-19

1,870 reads

Windows PowerShell and Windows Server 2003 SP2

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Saw this on the Windows PowerShell blog:

Since W2K3 SP2 is an update to W2K3 SP1, if you install Powershell on...

2007-03-19

2,487 reads

"Wet" Pet Food Recall

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Animals are near and dear to my heart, to the point where I have a cat even though I am...

2007-03-17

1,336 reads

Windows Mobile Security

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I'm working on a new article for SQL Server Central talking about physical security and SQL Server and I was...

2007-03-17

1,356 reads

SQL Server 2005 SP2 and Maintenance Plans - Still not fixed yet

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

SQL Server MVP Aaron Bertrand has posted that there is still a bug with maintenance plans for SQL Server 2005...

2007-03-15

1,441 reads

New Version of ApexSQL Doc (2005.11.0203)

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

ApexSQL announced that a new version of ApexSQL doc is available.

News Announcement

The latest version is 2005.11.0203 and there are...

2007-03-14

1,513 reads

Windows 2003 SP2 is Out

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Here is a list of what was fixed:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/914962

Downloads are available off of the SP2 home page:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sp2.mspx

Technorati Tags:Microsoft | Windows 2003

2007-03-14

1,460 reads

Citrix MetaFrame, SQL Server, and the DBA

by Brian Kelley

SQLServerCentral.com

Administration

In this article, Brian looks at how Citrix MetaFrame can use SQL Server for its internal data repository. The basic operation of SQL Server in a Citrix MetaFrame installation is covered. In addition, Brian looks at how a DBA is an integral part of the support team for a successful Citrix MetaFrame farm.