What is a Microsoft MVP?
Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) are technology experts that passionately share their knowledge with the global Microsoft community. They are always on the forefront of technology and have a passion for not only learning about new, exciting technologies, but also teaching and sharing them with others.
The Microsoft MVP-awards have been given yearly for over three decades. There are around 4000 MVP’s worldwide, where five of them work at Delegate.
Delegate's MVP's
I haven't had a specific goal of becoming an MVP. I'm just passionate about technology and IT. At some point, I felt I could contribute and help people.
I started by answering questions about Microsoft-related technology in various forums. Then, it evolved into me writing blog posts to answer people's technical questions. Today, I am spending my time developing multiple tools that are available for free as open source. I also still blog and use X (formerly Twitter) to talk about the things I work in.
I still have something to contribute, and it gives me a boost to know that people like what I do and that I can make a difference in ways other than in my day-to-day job.
A good MVP knows how to spread information so that as many people as possible can understand it and join in. An MVP helps make Microsoft's products more tangible.
I am an MVP, because I want to share knowledge. I am the creator of a large newsletter, I organize the biggest Power Platfrom and Dynamics 365 community event in the North, and I moderate a forum on Discord. I am also a frequent speaker at conferences, and developer of various tools.
My motivation is to stay updated on knowledge and ensure that this knowledge is shared with as many people as possible, whether through newsletters or presentations at conferences. Of course, it's a lot of work, but for me, there's an altruistic aspect to it. When I see how many people benefit from it, the workload is all right.
To me a good MVP is someone who focuses on the community and who want to share their knowledge and stay up to date within ones area of expertise. If you share knowledge without being up to date on the latest information it has no value. If you know a lot, without sharing it, then it does not have any value.
"My motivation is different for everything I do. And it's the combination of these motivations that makes me want to continue working on being an MVP."
Delegate's MVP's
MVP Category: Developer Technologies
MVP since: 2009
Technology Area: .NET, Developer Tools
Erik's primary area of expertise is .NET data development with ADO.NET, EF Core, and Azure SQL Database/SQL Server. He has worked with data access and software development for over 30 years.
He also has extensive experience with SQL Server, including performance tuning, configuration, and database design.
He answers questions on StackoverFlow and shares data development code, news and tips on his blog.
He contributes to the Open Source EF Core project and several other Microsoft Open Source projects.
He tweets news about .NET data development on X as @ErikEJ.
He manages several GitHub Open Source projects related to Entity Framework, SQL Server, and SQLite.
Erik holds the following Microsoft certifications:
Azure Developer, Azure Administrator, Azure DevOps Expert, Azure Solution Architect Expert, Azure Database Administrator, Azure Data Engineer, Azure Security Engineer, Azure Cosmos DB Developer
MVP Category: AI Platform
MVP since: 2024
Technology Area: Azure AI Services
Erik has worked with language technology for many years and, 15 years ago, conducted research that points towards the developments we see today with large-scale language models. His passion for this field means he approaches it from many angles, whether technical, ethical, or philosophical.
With his many years of experience working with machine learning, Erik is excited to convey the information to organizations, companies, and the Danish government, where he is an expert advisor in the field.
MVP Category: Developer Technologies
MVP since: 2022
Technology Area: Developer Tools, .NET
Christian is an experienced Software Developer / Architect / Consultant specializing in Cloud, Devices, and everything in between.
He has extensive knowledge and over 20 years of experience with building software for multiple industries on multiple platforms and form factors.
He is well versed in the aspects of design, development, test, deployment, monitoring, and instrumentation of various systems from small to large, commercial, industrial, and enterprise.
Christian has built proprietary and open-source software that runs on Azure, Windows Servers, Windows Desktop, Windows Embedded, Windows CE, Mac OS, FreeBSD, Linux, iOS, Android, and a wide range of Web Browsers.
Christian is the creator and maintainer of the following open-source software projects:
Refitter, AutoFaker, REST API Client Code Generator, HTTP File Generator, cURL Request Generator, JMeter Test Plan Generator, ResW File Code Generator, Multidokumentlæser til OpenAPI.NET, SQL Compact-forespørgselsanalysator
MVP Category: Developer Technologies
MVP since: 2020
Technology Area: .NET, Web Development
Egil is an experienced software developer/architect and international speaker with a strong focus on creating maintainable software that solves real business problems in the cloud and on-prem, using techniques and practices such as domain-driven design, test-driven development, and following clean-code principles.
Egil is also the creator and maintainer of bUnit, an open source library for testing Blazor components, and AngleSharp.Diffing, a library for semantic comparison of HTML in C#.
Egil has worked with many technology stacks and architectural patterns during his career. He now focuses primarily on the .NET ecosystem, including backend and frontend technologies, and on developing solutions that run in the cloud.
MVP Category: Business Applications
MVP since: 2023
Technology Area: Power Apps
Magnus is an experienced software developer/architect. He focuses on test-driven development related to the Dataverse. Furthermore, he is the admin of the Developer Discord for Power Platform.
He is the co-author of Power Platform Weekly, one of the largest Power Platform newsletters, and the co-organizer of the Nordic Summit conference.
Magnus has written and contributed to several tools:
XrmDefinitelyTyped, Daxif, XrmMockup, XrmContext, XrmFramework, DeprecationTool
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