Editor's Note: The following MVP Monday post is by SQL Server MVP Grant Fritchey Because of the ways that SQL Server interacts with the Windows operating system, memory and memory management between the two can be pretty confusing. If you just look at...

1. SDK 1.5 is Out By Dynamics MVP Jivtesh  - @jivtesh This article covers the v1.5 release of SDK. 2.  Learn About Windows Azure and Chat with Experts, June 7th . By Windows Azure MVP Michael Wood – @mikewo This article details an upcoming event...

The new MVP Award Web site went live today, offering a more in-depth look at this dynamic global community. Here are a few new features you’ll find at the site’s new URL: http://mvp.microsoft.com : · MVP Spotlights—a monthly series that offers a picture...

1. How long have you been an MVP? Since October 2011 2. How did you first start in community? I started by sharing my thoughts, projects and knowledge on my personal tech blog. 3. Which technical community or communities are you most active in?  ...

Editor's Note: Due to the Memorial Day holiday in the US we'd like to pause and celebrate one of our most popular guest posts from the past quarter. The following is a re-post of guest post PowerPoint MVPs Luc Sanders and Glenna Shaw on Jan. 23, 2012...

Editor's Note: The following post is by Community Program Manager, Simran Chaudhry May 4 th 2012 marked the 7 th Canadian MVP Open Day, held at the Canadian Microsoft Headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario. The event boasted the largest attendance of...

How long have you been an MVP? I was in the first group of Hungarian MVPs in 2004. How did you first start in community? At the dawn of .NET in 2001, Microsoft Hungary organized several developer events, and they asked our team at the Technical University...

Editor's Note: The following MVP Monday post is by Excel MVP Zack Barresse Embedding Excel Services on your Website Have you ever read a Microsoft Excel help topic and wished you could work with its examples right there in that topic? Have...

1. System Center 2012: Tighter integration between private cloud components By System Center Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP John Joyner | @john_joyner The article covers how to setup the integration between the components and how to manually...

  Two new books on Microsoft’s enterprise search solution, FAST, have hit the stands with MVPs as authors. Dutch SharePoint MVP Gustavo Velez brought us Lightning FAST Enterprise Searches in SharePoint 2010 , which offers a 360-degree view of FAST...

How long have you been an MVP? 1 year How did you first start in community? Have been working on MS technologies for 12 years Which technical community or communities are you most active in (where can people find you)? Provide links if necessary...

Editor's Note: The following MVP Monday post is by Exchange MVP J. Peter Bruzzese Even after years of availability, the Unified Messaging role still holds a mystery to it. Many IT admins have shied away from it in many cases. Perhaps there are simply...

Recently, we’ve highlighted quite a number of blog posts from MVPs within the Americas, so we thought this week might be a great time to highlight some of the great insight offered by our MVPs from around the world. 1. Preserving Input Sequence...

The new MVP Award Web site is going live this month and promises to offer a fresh view of this exemplary technical community. Built on Microsoft SharePoint, the new site is highly flexible, so it can better reflect the dynamic and global nature of the...

How long have you been an MVP? Since January 2011 How did you first start in community? I got started by using online forums, and later on started my own blog. Which technical community or communities are you most active in (where can people...