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StrataDB News

January 2012

Rod Colledge Re-appointed MVP

Rod Colledge has been awarded a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for the third year running. MVPs are chosen by Microsoft in recognition of their commitment to the SQL Server community around the world. Rod is one of only 2 SQL Server MVPs in Queensland, and is proud to be associated with the SQL Server community’s best and brightest minds.

November 2011

Microsoft Partner with StrataDB

Microsoft has partnered with StrataDB to develop exam questions for the SQL Server 2012 certification exams

February 2011

SQL Server MVP Deep Dives

StrataDB Director, Rod Colledge, has been chosen to contribute a chapter to the 2nd edition of SQL Server MVP Deep Dives, due to be published later this year. SQL Server MVP Deep Dives brings together the world's most highly-regarded SQL Server experts to create a masterful collection of tips, techniques, and experience-driven best practices for SQL Server development and administration

External Resources

RodColledge.com

StrataDB Director Rod Colledge maintains a personal blog in which he writes about his day-to-day experiences with SQL Server and Business Intelligence topics...»

SQL Crunch

SQL Crunch. A SQL Server Portal started by Rod Colledge in 2007...»

SQL Server MVP Deep Dives

SQL Server MVP Deep Dives brings together the world's most highly-regarded SQL Server experts to create a masterful collection of tips, techniques, and experience-driven best practices for SQL Server development and administration. Additionally, the authors of this book have generously donated 100% of their royalties to support War Child International. Rod Colledge was selected as the Technical Editor for this book...»

SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action

SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action, Rod's first book, published in 2009...»

Latest Blog Posts

Using Policy-based Management to check Sysadmin Membership

I was sent an email recently from a reader of my simple-talk article Policy-based Management and Central Management Servers asking about the usage of the @WindowsUsersAndGroupsInSysadminRole property to detect the existence of sysadmins outside a known base...»

SSAS: Dynamic Security, Kerberos and PerformancePoint

Richard Lees recently blogged SSAS Dynamic Security. It reminded me that I had an outstanding blog post of my own on the same topic, with a slightly different twist involving PerformancePoint and Kerberos. Before we get to the twist, let’s recap on dynamic security within SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)...»

Fun with SSIS

Although I still consider myself a DBA, the last few years have seen me spend more and more time in the Business Intelligence development space (SSIS development in particular). In this the first of a 2-part SSIS series, I’ll be focusing on a number of SSIS “issues” I’ve discovered the hard way...»