Another Friday, Another Group of Awesome MVP Blogs

syed-shanuASP.NET Core, Angular2 CRUD With Animation Using Template Pack, WEB API And EF 1.0.1

Syed Shanu is a Microsoft MVP, a two-time C# MVP and two-time Code project MVP. Syed is also an author, blogger and speaker. He's from Madurai, India, and works as Technical Lead in South Korea. With more than 10 Years of experience with Microsoft technologies, Syed is an active person in the community and always happy to share his knowledge on topics related to ASP.NET, MVC, ASP.NET Core, Web API, SQL Server, UWP, Azure, among others. He has written more than 70 articles with on various technologies. He's also a several-time TechNet Guru Gold Winner. You can see his contributions to MSDN and TechNet Wiki here. Follow him on Twitter @syedshanu3.

Azure Stack TP3 Overview Preview Review Part II

Greg Schulz is the founder and Sr. Analyst at independent IT advisory consultancy firm Server StorageIO, as well as UnlimitedIO LLC (e.g. StorageIO®). He’s worked at electrical utility, financial services and transportation firms in roles ranging from business applications development to systems management, architecture, strategy and capacity planning. Greg is author of the new book "Software-Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials" (CRC Press). He is also the author of “Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking” and “The Green and Virtual Data Center” via CRC Press, and “Resilient Storage Networks” (Elsevier). Greg is a Microsoft MVP and eight-time VMware vExpert. Follow him on Twitter @storageio.

Modern Driver Management Using Web Services During OSD With ConfigMgr

Maurice Daly is from Ireland and has been working in the IT industry since 1999. Technology focus include Active Directory, Group Policy, Hyper-V, Windows Deployment (SCCM & MDT) and Office 365. Follow him on Twitter @modaly_it.      Nickolaj Andersen is a principal consultant and Enterprise Mobility MVP from Sweden. He has been in the IT industry for the past 10 years specializing in Enterprise Mobility and Security, Windows deployments and Automation. In 2015 Nickolaj was awarded as PowerShell Hero by the community for his script and tools contributions. He is the author of ConfigMgr Prerequisites Tool, ConfigMgr OSD FrontEnd, ConfigMgr WebService and a frequent speaker at user groups. Follow him on Twitter @NickolajA.   

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How To Be A Thought Leader In Your Online Community

Becky Benishek is a Microsoft Office Servers & Services MVP in the United States. At the Crisis Prevention Institute, she drives engagement on two Yammer External Networks that provide professional learning opportunities to customers. She also writes, builds Lego structures, and has a working Commodore 64. Follow her on Twitter @bbenishek.

Extended WPF Toolkit - ColorCanvas With MVVMLight, Binding And EventToCommand

Alvin Ashcraft works for Allscripts as a Principal Software Engineer in the Healthcare industry. He works with a variety of Microsoft and related technologies, including Visual C#, ASP.NET, XAML, Xamarin tools, SQL Server, Windows Azure and Windows Phone. He is experienced in analyzing requirements, designing & developing solutions, and troubleshooting performance and other application issues. He has more than 21 years of development experience building Microsoft solutions. Alvin is also a founding board member of the TechBash Foundation. The organization manages the TechBash developer conference, held annually at the Kalahari Resort in Pocono Manor, PA in the autumn. He works and lives in the Philadelphia, PA area with his wife and 3 daughters. Follow him on Twitter @alvinashcraft.