TechNet Guru Awards - May 2013

The votes are in! And below are the results for the TechNet Guru Awards, May 2013 .

 

The TechNet Guru Awards celebrate the technical articles on TechNet, contributed from valued wiki authors like YOU!

Each month, the contributions are scored by a panel of judges, and the winners of each category are showered with love and attention from all corners of TechNet.

See the links at the bottom, to find out more about the competition and how to enter.

 

We have picked the top three highest scored contributions for each category to bestow our awards upon.

The awards are in gold, silver and bronze, the gold obviously being the top winner of the category.

The last column is a few of the comments judges made during the judging process.

 

My fellow wiki ninjas will be digging deeper into some of these articles in this blog series, so watch out for those. Also, I will be printing more extracts from the comments we received, in future posts.

 

A big thank you also to the other authors who did not make the top three of each category.

Some articles only just missed out, so we will be returning to discuss those too.

 

SharePoint 2010 Technical Guru - May 2013

	Matthew Yarlett	Adding Charts to Webparts	"I know I’ll need this code some day." "The article of Matthew is written in such a way that even if you have almost no experience with SharePoint development, you would be able to build a working proof-of-concept version by following the step by step guide he wrote. " "Interesting solution, and it is clear."
	Christopher Clement	How to filter a list dynamically	"Clever thinking, I like it!" "It is a good workaround."
	Christopher Clement	How to delete crawled property	"Handy tip!" "Good tip!"

 

Congratulations to Matt for leading the SharePoint 2010 category this month. Perfectly written article that is exactly what we like to see.

Congratulations to Christopher too, for taking silver and bronze. your contributions are gratefully received.

 

 

Transact-SQL Technical Guru - May 2013

	Naomi N	Dynamic Pivot on Multiple Columns	"Great example of what we want on TechNet Wiki"
	Naomi N	SQL Server PIVOT	"Clean, clear and well presented." "I liked this more than the dynamic entry, based on the explanation and presentation."
	Andrew Bainbridge	SQL Server resource re-balancing in Failover Cluster	"My favourite, based on the technical level." "Perfect contribution, includes original forum link"
	Naomi N	T-SQL: Date-Related Queries	"Well described; includes original link." "Great post; just what we need for the wiki."

 

A big thanks to Naomi. This was exactly what we'd hoped for, and Naomi swept the board.

Naomi takes two gold medals, as both articles scored exactly the same, when all votes were added up!

Also thanks to Andrew for another excellently crafted article, that ticked so many boxes.

 

Visual Basic Technical Guru - May 2013

	Reed Kimble	How to Create Video Games in VB.Net (Windows Forms)	"This article starts out super well." "The how to create a video game article was a subject that is often asked about in places like the forums. It addressed the subject with well written text and code examples to match." "It was pitched at just the right level for hobbyist/early learners that are often the ones trying to achieve this." "It covers very well the concept of a game loop and how to make one somewhat performant (best made-up word ever)."
	Paul Ishak	How to convert a 32bit integer into a color	"I like how this article walked me through each aspect of the code, showing snippets of each section. It felt more professional."  "It does address an important item about breaking values into their constituent byte values. The code examples are simple and straightforward and easy to understand without even a need to have VB running." "Well-written; it explains another concept that mature developers might take for granted."
	Paul Ishak	Virtual memory in Visual Basic.Net	"Nice code sample." "Was actually the most informative in some ways, particularly for the professional developer."

 

Congratulations Reed. That was just the ticket. Your MSDN/TechNet contribution is exactly what we wanted to see!

Thanks also to Paul. Well written and useful articles exactly in the spirit of the competition.

 

Visual C# Technical Guru - May 2013

	Sachin	Spelling Check in Windows Store App	"This provides a good article layout. With a simple description about what it is, screenshot, and also a working sample for WinRT."
	Carsten Siemens	How to Query Trees Using LINQ	"It is very concise and clear what is going on. There are not extra words or asides." "The motivation really helps sell the context and set expectations." "He took the time to call out possible shortcomings of this approach.  This is very useful to people trying to use this code."
	chriga	Creating a simple plugin mechanism	"Excellent example of copying content in from MSDN Forums." "A very useful subject and great article."

 

Congratulations Sachin. Almost every judge chose yours as top. All the extra work makes this the best.

Great work Carsten and chriga! Hope to see you again in next month's awards!

 

Windows Phone Technical Guru - May 2013

	isenthil	Retrieving the Screen Resolution for Windows Phone 8 Emulator	"Excellent tip. Just what we want on the wiki." "Nice fact article, useful snippet!"
	isenthil	Windows Phone 8 SDK and Windows 7	"Simple but useful fact" "He learned something; he passed it on. That's the point"
	isenthil	Oxygene and Windows Phone 8 - Introduction	"Interesting article." "Not sure if we will continue to accept 3rd party s/w references in the future, but gratefully received nonetheless."

 

"isenthil" was our only entrant for the Win Phone category and is walking away with a box of medals! :D

Thanks for holding up the WinPhone category, isenthil. Maybe you can help drum up some competition!

 

A great big thanks to EVERYONE who contributed an article to the wiki in May.

Hopefully we will see you ALL again in the June lists.

 

If you have not yet contributed an article for June, and you think you can produce a more useful, clever and better produced wiki article than the winners above, here's your chance! :D

 

Best regards,
Pete Laker

More about the TechNet Guru Awards:

• TechNet Guru Contributions - May 2013
• TechNet Guru Contributions - June 2013
• TechNet Guru Awards - What Happened in May?