mvp

  1. Happy Birthday to kemical

    I'd like to wish @kemical (Ross) a very happy birthday today! Ross has been with the website since the beginning and is a Microsoft MVP. He has contributed years of help, assistance, and kindness to many people who visit our site, and I am proud to call him my friend. Thank you, sir, and HAPPY...
  2. Congrats Davehc

    David has once again been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award for his tireless work in helping others in various forums. Congratulations David, it's very well deserved!
  3. Last Week on Channel 9: November 2nd - November 8th, 2015

    Last week Microsoft held its MVP Global Summit on the Microsoft Redmond campus. 1,900+ MVP's (including your truly) descended on the campus and spent 3-6 days connecting with each other and many of the product groups. While the entire Summit was NDA, the Channel 9 team was ALL over recording a...
  4. "All your device are belong to us"

    In the last post of our Microsoft MVP Theme week, as all the MVP's start making their way home after a great, but brain filling week, we highlight Link Removed, Microsoft MVP Embedded and awesome IoT teacher.. Microsoft Ignite NZ session with Netduino devices Last week I did a session about...
  5. Last Week on Channel 9: October 26rd - November 1st, 2015

    29 select videos, posts and shows from last week. Next week will be interesting with the Microsoft MVP invading the Redmond campus for MVP Global Summit... One of the highlights of last week was the DEVintersection 2015 event of which you can watch a number of sessions and keynotes on-demand...
  6. Visual Studio 2015 PowerShell Tools Overview | PowerShell

    In this video, we explore Visual Studio 2015 and the Link Removed extension for it! PowerShell Tools is developed by Adam Driscoll (PowerShell MVP), and enables the development of PowerShell projects inside Visual Studio. You automatically get all of the benefits of the Visual Studio...
  7. Congratulations to Ross Cameron MVP

    Congratulations to my friend, Ross Cameron, once again, for his sixth year in a row receiving the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award. The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award is given to "exceptional, independent community leaders who share their passion, technical expertise...
  8. Congratulations Davehc MVP!

    ref: http://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/overview.aspx One of our regular contributors and valued colleague, Davehc, was recently re-awarded his MVP title from Microsoft. David has been posting and helping others in this forum since he joined in 2008. As well as helping many other people in previous...
  9. MCCA

    I've noticed that the newly awarded members with MCCA award on the 7 forum does not carry over to the 8 forum. Is this not a transferable award form forum site to forum site as is the MVP award is in the other 7 and 8 forums that are hosted by others.
  10. MVP/MCCA Recognition "badge" and posts here counting toward those awards

    Two things really. 1. Is there some way to recognize members who have MVP or MCCA designations with some type of badge or indicator next to their post identification information? I found a sneaky way to edit the comment below member status (as you can see though I missed how that was...
  11. Congratulations to Ross Cameron: Microsoft MVP 2012

    Congratulations to Link Removed - Invalid URL for receiving the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award in Windows Expert - IT Consumer for 2012. Ross joins with Link Removed - Invalid URL (Captain Jack), Link Removed - Invalid URL (patcooke), and myself (Link Removed - Invalid URL) as fellow...
  12. Windows 7 SkyDrive Users: Claim Your 25GB Before Time Runs Out

    If you use Windows Live Services, you probably already have an account with Microsoft Windows Live SkyDrive, and may not even realize it. The storage service allows you to synchronize files on multiple computers and back them up using cloud computing. Like Dropbox and iCloud, the files are...
  13. Windows 7 Demo: Implementing a 'Nearest Neighbor' Spatial Query with SQL Server 2012

    This demo shows you the types of queries that received a significant performance improvement when working with spatial data types in SQL Server 2012. Dr Greg Low SQL Server MVP and Microsoft RD Link Removed More...
  14. VIDEO Windows 8 Consumer Preview Demonstration and Commentary

    Do you have cold feet about going it alone with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview? You don't have to. Join me in a rational exploration of Windows 8 Consumer Preview. About 45 minutes in length, the video gives you a first hand look at the aesthetics and readily apparent features of Windows 8 CP...
  15. 2012 Microsoft MVP Global Summit

    Hello everyone, I am pleased to announce that I have been invited to the 2012 Microsoft MVP Global Summit, taking place primarily in Bellevue and Redmond, Washington, near the Microsoft Campus headquarters, at the end of February. The exclusive 2012 Microsoft MVP Global Summit event, taking...
  16. Windows 7 Silverlight TV 76: Animations on Windows Phone in the Bird Hunt Game

    Interested in creating a game for Windows Phone using Silverlight? In this episode, Jeff Paries, Silverlight MVP and author of the book Silverlight Animation, walks through the source for his Bird Hunt game for Windows Phone 7. He offers tips on how to create a game concept and keep your scope...
  17. Windows 8 leak sites closed down

    There have been a large amount of leaks in the last couple of weeks of screenshots from an early build of Windows 8, notable from websites such as winreview.ru. These leaks have shown us features such as the log-in with your Live ID, the ribbon in Explorer and some of the metro interface...
  18. Windows 7 MVP Summit 2011: Meet C++ MVPs Alon, Marius, Bruno, and Jim

    Recently, MVPs from all over the world descended on Redmond to interact with product teams as well as each other. They were given access to information relating to technology futures, roadmaps, etc.—all the things MVPs are privy to. I spent some time at the C++ MVP summit where VC++ team members...
  19. Windows 7 Cloud Cover Episode 38 - VM Role with Corey and Cory

    Join Wade and Steve each week as they cover the Windows Azure Platform. You can follow and interact with the show Link Removed. In this episode, Steve and Wade are joined by both Corey Sanders—a PM on the Windows Azure Fabric Controller team—and Cory Fowler—Canada’s only Windows Azure MVP—as...
  20. Windows 7 Silverlight TV 55: 1000 Silverlight Cream Posts and Counting!

    This week on Silverlight TV, John welcomes Dave Campbell. Dave, a Silverlight MVP and creator of Silverlight Cream, recently published his 1000th Silverlight Cream post, calling out the best and most interesting Silverlight content on the web. Dave was in town for the Silverlight Firestarter...