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Introduction


October's competition has now closed.
Submissions for November should go here.

If you contribute any new code, or solutions to problems in the following categories, please add your content (that you write for a Forum or Blog) to TechNet Wiki, and then add a link to your TechNet Wiki article below, to let us know.


This is a TechNet Wiki awards program, so we only want WIKI LINKS for articles created in October, not old, external forum or gallery links. If you have already made a contribution on the forums or gallery, simply copy it into the wiki and reference the original article, like shown here.

One winner in each category will be selected each month for glory and adoration by the MSDN/TechNet Ninjas and community as a whole. This includes a dedicated blog post in the Wiki Ninjas blog, a tweet from the Wiki Ninjas Twitter account, an announcement on your forum, and other acknowledgement from the community.

Winners will be voted on by five judges. The judges consist of 3 TechNet Wiki Community Council members and 2 Microsoft Employee SMEs (Subject Matter Experts -usually the people making the technologies). The judges will be looking for articles that are thorough, technically accurate, visually clear (images might help, but aren't necessary), and well written. (Any community member can help with the "technically accurate" part by reviewing the articles below and either fixing inaccuracies in the article or commenting on them--asking questions or suggesting fixes.) The articles must be written in October 2013 and must be in English. However, the original blog or forum content can be from before October. Make sure you aren't taking credit for someone else's content (you have to be the author of the original content and of the Wiki article). The categories listed are targeted to the most popular forums/technologies and ones that we are able to support. We will add more categories as we go (please don't add more categories, instead, leave a comment at the bottom to suggest a new category).

How to Enter


1) Create a new TechNet article

YOU CAN COPY YOUR CONTRIBUTION FROM MSDN/TECHNET FORUMS OVER TO TECHNET WIKI (IN October) TO QUALIFY FOR THESE AWARDS. You can also create a new article not related to your forums contributions.

A) Log into TechNet/MSDN with your Microsoft credentials

B) Add your content as an article to TechNet Wiki: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/add.aspx

If you are copying and pasting your MSDN/TechNet forum solutions over to TechNet Wiki, please give some introduction to the problem, make sure your steps are clear, and then link to the original forum post. You can also paste in your blog posts (rather than forum content).

2) Tell us about it

To add a link to your article:

A) Log into TechNet with your Microsoft credentials

B) Click the "Edit" tab, above this article title, and copy in the URL to your TechNet Wiki article into the appropriate section.
 

3) When and how we announce the winners


The competition closes at midnight PST. Any entries added to the page after that will not qualify. We then load all the entries into a voting website and contact all the judges. We usually give the judges a week or two to get their votes in, as these are very busy people. This means it could be up to the middle of the next month before we post the results. results are posted in this TechNet Ninja blog, and then proliferated out to the forums over the next day or so.

Categories

 Add Your Contributions for October in the Sections Below...

NOTE: These MUST be TechNet Wiki articles, and they MUST be written in October 2013.

BizTalk

The TechNet Guru October competition is announced in this BizTalk forum thread.

Post a link to the TechNet Wiki page of your BizTalk contribution here:

Forefront Identity Manager

The TechNet Guru October competition is announced in this FIM forum thread.

Post a link to the TechNet Wiki page of your FIM contribution here:

SharePoint 2010 / 2013

The TechNet Guru October competition is announced in this SharePoint General forum thread and in this SharePoint Development forum thread.

Post a link to the TechNet Wiki page of SharePoint contribution here:

* This entry was from September, but missed voting due to a technical issue.
 

Small Basic

The TechNet Guru October competition is announced in this Small Basic forum thread.

Post a link to the TechNet Wiki page of your Small Basic contribution here:

SQL Server Database Engine

The TechNet Guru October competition is announced in this Database Engine forum thread.

Post a link to the TechNet Wiki page of your Database Engine contribution here:

SQL BI and Power BI (SSAS, SSIS, SSRS, Power Pivot)

The TechNet Guru October competition is announced in this SSRS forum thread, this SSIS forum threadthis SSAS forum thread, and this PowerPivot forum thread.

Post a link to the TechNet Wiki page of your SSRS or Power View contribution here:

Transact-SQL

The TechNet Guru October competition is announced in this T-SQL forum thread.

Post a link to the TechNet Wiki page of your T-SQL contribution here:

* This entry was from September, but missed voting due to a technical issue.

Visual Basic


The TechNet Guru October competition is announced in this Visual Basic forum thread.

Post a link to the TechNet Wiki page of your VB contribution here:             

Visual C#

The TechNet Guru October competition is announced in this Visual C# forum thread.

Post a link to the TechNet Wiki page of your C# contribution here:

Windows Phone and Store Apps

The TechNet Guru October competition is announced in this Windows Store app development forum thread and the Windows Phone development forum thread.

Post a link to the TechNet Wiki page of your Store App contribution here:

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

The TechNet Guru October competition is announced in this WPF forum thread.

Post a link to the TechNet Wiki page of your WPF contribution here:

Windows Server

The TechNet Guru October competition is announced in the Windows Server General forum. the Windows Server 2012 forum, and the Directory Services forum.

Post a link to the TechNet Wiki page of your contribution here:


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