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 Rod Colledge is a principal consultant with StrataDB, a SQL Server consultancy business based in Brisbane, Australia. He’s the author of SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action, was a technical editor on the SQL Server MVP Deep Dives book, writes for Quest and Simple-talk, is a frequent speaker at local SQL Server user groups, and received the SQL Server MVP award in January 2010.

Rod blogs here at rodcolledge.com, is the founder and operator of sqlCrunch.com, and was a highly rated speaker at the 2009 PASS summit in Seattle and TechEd Australia 2010. He enjoys spending time with his young family and playing golf very badly! 

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Recent Blog Posts ...

Using Policy-based Management to Check Sysadmin Membership ... December 8, 2010

Unrelated Dimensions ... October 25, 2010

SSAS: Dynamic Security, Kerberos and PerformancePoint ... October 13, 2010

Project Phoenix ... September 12, 2010

Distinct Count NULL & Analysis Services ... April 23, 2010

Built to last ... for how long? ... March 23, 2010

Fun with SSIS - Part 1 - Troubleshooting ... February 9, 2010

PASS Presentation Evaluation Results ... January 13, 2010

MVP! ... January 4, 2010

Business Intelligence Roadkill ... and the Politics of Change ... December 21, 2009

The Great DBA Schism ... August 25, 2009


Speaking Events ...  

SSMS; Tips, Tricks and What's New in R2

  • August 27 2010, TechEd Australia

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to SQL Server 2008 Management Studio

  • March 16 2010, Melbourne SQL Server User's Group
  • March 25 2010, Brisbane SQL Server User's Group

DBAs Behaving Badly - Worst Practices ... for Database Administrators

  • November 4 2009, PASS Summit Seattle, USA
  • October 6 2009, Canberra SQL Server Users Group
  • September 24 2009, Brisbane SQL Server Users Group

Top Features in SQL Server 2008

  • April 3 2008, Brisbane SQL Server Users Group


Slide Decks ...

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to SQL Server 2008 Management Studio

DBAs Behaving Badly ... Worst Practices for Database Administrators

 

Press...

Quest Poster, August 2010 - SQL Server Perfmon Counters of Interest

Quest.com, 30 March 2010 - Automating DBA Processes for Microsoft SQL Server

Simple-talk.com, 16 March 2010 - Planning for Disaster

Interview with Denis Gobo, October 12 2009

CIO Magazine, November 5 2008 - Understanding Service Level Agreements

  

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