Known as the biggest IT event in Europe, French TechDays 2011 in Paris boasted an impressive 10,934 attendees, featuring 91 engaged Microsoft partners, 15 community booths and roughly 300 sessions. The MVPs’ presence and influence was felt across...

We are excited to welcome 140 first time Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Awardees and the 814 MVPs that were re-awarded today! The Microsoft MVP Award recognizes inspiring, trusted, and independent experts from around the world who voluntarily...

Editor's Note: The following is a guest post by Windows Phone MVP Adam Lein as part of the MVP Award Program Blog's "MVPs for Windows Phone 7" series. Adam is a Windows Phone MVP from Westchester NY. He has been using Windows CE, Pocket PC, and Windows...

Boasting more than 35 attendees, the Krasnoyarsk Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) club meeting was a huge success. MCP club leader and Virtual Machine MVP Mikhail Komarov teamed up with the Russian DPE team to gather and organize all the participants...

Well over 70 MVPs packed Microsoft's newest retail store for the la test MSMVP event. Offering hands-on help, demos, presentations, and great giveaways, MVPs gave the community the chance to get face-to-face, real-time advice, assistance and guidance...

Editor's Note: The following is a guest post by Windows Phone MVP Trent McMurray as part of the MVP Award Program Blog's "MVPs for Windows Phone 7" series. Trent is the owner of LAMARCOMM, LLC, a mobile solutions company that provides everything from...

During MVP Summit we had the chance to sit down with a few of the Dynamics CRM MVPs. The Microsoft CRM blog has written a nice article about MVPs and how important their powerful and independent feedback is to Microsoft. Check out the video below from...

By Nestor Portillo, director, Community and Online Support, Microsoft. For the English translation, please scroll to the bottom of this post. 日本の MVP の皆さんへの連絡 先週日本で発生した地震や津波によってもたらされた深刻な被害に対し、私たちは心から心配をしながら事態を見守ってまいりました。そのような中、日本の MVP チームが多くの日本の...

German Client App Dev MVP Gregor Biswanger came back from the 2011 Global Summit with a special souvenir—a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) 4 and Silverlight 4 DVD package signed by the WPF, Silverlight and Expression Blend product teams so...

Editor's Note: The following is a guest post by Windows Phone Development MVP Kevin W olf as part of the MVP Award Program Blog's "MVPs for Windows Phone 7" series. Kevin is a Windows Phone 7 Development MVP from Tampa FL. With over 20 years in the software...

Over the last week or so, we took advantage of having more than 1,500 community leaders in town by getting their thoughts on being an MVP and the Summit. We chased them down outside of feedback sessions, at the Keynote presentations, around campus and...

Former MVP, and current SMBNation CEO, Harry Brelsford saw an opportunity at the approach of this year’s MVP Global Summit. “Where else in the world would you see this level of expertise gathered in one place?” he asked. That was...

Editor's Note: The following is a guest post by Office 365 MVP Myles Jeffery as part of the MVP Award Program Blog's "MVPs for Office 365" series. Myles is the owner of Thinkscape, a product development company and early adopter of Microsoft cloud. ...

By Toby Richards, general manager, Community and Online Support, Microsoft Yesterday I had the privilege to speak to the MVPs here at the Summit as one of the keynote speakers. Presenting at the MVP Global Summit is always an exhilarating experience...