Join us in congratulating this quarter’s MVP Awardees! On April 1, 913 exemplary community leaders from around the world were notified they had received the MVP Award. Of those, 121 were first-time recipients! For nearly 20 years, Microsoft...

Editor's Note: The following MVP Monday post is by SharePoint MVP Destin Joy SharePoint 2010 External Content Type to read data from SQL Server using SQL Authentication and Secure Store Service Most of the articles on BCS are explaining about reading...

In this article I am describing about how to install and configure Remote BLOB Storage (RBS) with the FILESTREAM provider on a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database server that supports a Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 system. RBS is typically recommended...

Last month, Microsoft Answers launched its NNTP Bridge—in large part in response to requests by the community and the contributions of two passionate MVPs. Visual C++ MVP Jochen Kalmbach and Internet Explorer MVP Kai Schaetzl volunteered to work...

Digital signatures are encryption-based, secure stamp of authentication on a macro or document. This signature confirms that the macro or document originated from the signer and has not been altered. Digital IDs includes digital certificate (certificate...

The beautiful city of Mostar, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, held the Microsoft Network 2.0 event April 4 th and 5 th . The conference presented a great opportunity for all local IT-orientated people to get together, connect with each other and also attend...

We're highlighting some great posts we've seen that our MVP Awardees write over the past few weeks. This week concentrates on Windows Azure, Visual C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server! 1. Exceeding the SLA-It's About Resilience By Windows Azure MVP Brent...

Editor's Note: The following MVP Monday post is by PowerPoint MVP Geetesh Bajaj Pictures in PowerPoint A picture is worth a thousand words – and that’s a saying that has been heard by all of us so often. Yet, there’s more to...

BizTalk MVP Mick Badran How long have you been an MVP? 6 years How did you first start in community? I started as a BizTalk developer/integrator and ran the Sydney BizTalk User group. I also had equal in depth knowledge in SharePoint. I also...

To close out this month’s Friday Five post, we’ll cover Forefront, Visual C# and Microsoft Project. 1. Translate and Compare Object SID : Download SIDTranslator By Forefront MVP Olivier Detilleux Olivier introduces us to the SID Translator tool which...

Windows Azure MVP Ming Chung Chu How long have you been an MVP? I have been an MVP for 9 years (2004-2012) How did you first start in community? My community experience started with the Programmer-Club managing “Training and Certification”...

Congratulations to Data Center Management MVP Dave Sanders and the Carolina IT Pro Group (CITPG) on being awarded the CompTia National Award for Excellence. For 12 years, this exemplary user group has contributed to helping countless people—within...

This week we're taking a look at some great blog posts from our MVPs on AJAX, Excel, Windows Phone 7, Windows 8 and Windows Azure. 1. Calling Web Services Using AJAX By Visual C# MVP Jonathan Wood Jonathan presents an ASP.NET WebForms application...

Windows Azure MVP Yves Goeleven How long have you been an MVP? I’ve been awarded for the second time now. How did you first start in community? I started out in the community in 2005 when the first and largest Belgian .net oriented user group...

Exchange Server MVP Jorge Diaz How long have you been an MVP? Three months How did you first start in community? Responding to technical responses in the BPOS and Exchange Technet forums as well as blogging on my trials and tribulations with both...