Developers
Authentication and Session timeout – Session expired message on clicking the login button
By Brij Mishra published on 01-26-2013My client reported me a peculiar issue. They said that they get redirected to session expired page even before they actually Login….(more)
How To: Programmatically access Contact Data in Windows Phone
By Karthikeyan Anbarasan published on 01-21-2013
In this tutorial we are going to see how to programmatically access the Contact data information in a Windows Phone application. As we know recently we have the newer version….(more)
What is AutoMapper and How to map two objects using AutoMapper?
By Kunal Chowdhury published on 01-22-2013
AutoMapper is a mapper between two objects. It maps two different entities by transforming an input object of one type to an output object of….(more)
Index of Collection Using Linq
By Pranay Rana published on 01-22-2013
This is small post regarding How to get the index of each element in collection. There are sometime requirement to bind list of element….(more)
Responsive ASP.NET GridView With Twitter Bootstrap
By Brij Dammani published on 01-25-2013
If you are using Twitter Bootstrap framework, you can easily show hide elements based on characteristics of the device the site is being….(more)
IT PRO
SIP/2.0 503 Service Unavailable
By Balasaheb Ilag published on 01-22-2013
Large amount of Client are unable to login on communicator and getting above error message….(more)
Windows Defender Status Manager Adds Defender System Tray Icon & Scan With Windows Defender To Context Menu
By Ganesh Bhat published on 01-24-2013
Windows 8 ships with an upgraded version of Windows Defender, which now includes many of the features available in Microsoft Security Essentials….(more)
Virtual Directories: Exchange 2013
By Manu Philip published on 01-25-2013
You can manage a variety of virtual directory settings on Exchange 2013 including authentication, security, and reporting settings. I am explaining here, how you can manage the….(more)
Exchange 2013: Creating and Testing Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Policies
By Ratish Nair published on 01-23-2013
Data loss prevention is gaining popularity and has grown to become a mandatory entity in today’s email security. Financial and legal firms cannot….(more)
The promises of Content Security Policy to secure the web
By Krishna Chaitanya published on 01-25-2013
I have discussed at a high level the core security policy current browsers have (i.e., Same Origin Policy, SOP) and why it is insufficient to secure the modern web. As said in the post….(more)
Office 2013
Add Custom DataLabels in Chart
By Ashish Koul published on 01-26-2013
If you want to add your own datalabels to series in the chart.Try this macro….(more)
Designing a dashboard to track Employee vacations
By Purnachandra Duggirala published on 01-24-2013
HR managers & department heads always ask, “So what is the vacation pattern of our employees….(more)
Customize Quick Access Toolbar in PowerPoint 2013
By Geetesh Bajaj published on 01-21-2013
The Quick Access Toolbar, known as the QAT is the only toolbar available for customization in….(more)
As part of our MVP Interview series, this month India MVP team interviewed MVP Awinish Vishwakarma from India region. We asked him how did he start and his experience being an MVP. Also any best practices or tips which he would like to share with the broader MVP community.
In his own words:
Talking about my experience in community; initial days when I had just started participating in the Exchange community, everyday it used to be a different experience and lot of leaning by interacting with the other community members, the great contributors and the leaders. And I must say that still this hasn’t changed much.
Some of the exceptional qualities which I could learn from them are politeness, expertise in the subjects, thought process, dedication towards selflessly sharing knowledge & ready to go extra mile for helping other members.
I was really excited and motivated to be a part of such community. I started writing my own blogs, participating in forums just to learn and share knowledge.
Those days, I wasn’t much aware of the MVP Program. One of the former MVP called me once and said he would nominate me for the award. And finally one fine morning, I received an email stating "I have been awarded as an MVP for my community contribution”.
I can't really describe it in words the joy and happiness which I felt at that moment. It was June 2011 which is also my birth month, the award became a very special birthday gift for me.
That Email changed my whole life. People started recognizing me as a Microsoft MVP who stands separate among masses. I feel MVPs are the exceptional leaders, tech experts, bringing change (thinking, adopting, sharing), inspiration to aspire others & overall have passion for technology who are ready to go to any level to help others.
MVP is an honor given by Microsoft every year to the folks who believe in spreading knowledge and making others successful in their specialization areas. You can also treat it as a recognition of the hard work & selfless effort towards the community.
To be an MVP or receive the MVP honor, the focus should be solely on acquiring & sharing quality knowledge with the others. Example, you never opt to go to school/college keeping vision only for a degree or a good job or, instead learn from different minds, interact with people from different region/communities, way to perceive or adopt the things which can be done in more efficient ways.
The criteria for passing the knowledge torch to others can be achieved in many ways. Few examples are like sharing information by participating in hosted forums, writing quality & accurate contents on blogs, through presentation, conducting seminars/events for the community. According to me everyone who work for the community without any expectation are MVPs. To be an MVP or its part, an award shouldn’t be in mind while doing community services, but sincerity & honesty in heart to help others would automatically bring you in MVP category.
How to work with Navigation App Template in Windows Store App with JavaScript
By Dhananjay Kumar published on 01-16-2013
Very first start with creating a new project and select Navigation App from project template….(more)
What is new in Search Options in Visual Studio 2012
By Karthikeyan Anbarasan published on 01-17-2013
In this article we are going to see Enhanced Search option that is introduced in the latest release of Visual Studio 2012 IDE. In our earlier article….(more)
How to Launch WP8 built-in Apps using URI Schemes?
By Kunal Chowdhury published on 01-15-2013
In addition to the Airplane Mode, Bluetooth, Cellular and Wi-Fi settings page, now we have few more settings page which we can now invoke from….(more)
Database Change Notifications in ASP.NET using SignalR and SqlDependency
By Brij Dammani published on 01-13-2013
This article shows how to display real time sql server database change notification in ASP.NET using SignalR and SqlDependency….(more)
Unable to schedule meeting in Lync 2010.
By Balu Ilag published on 01-19-2013
Clients are unable to schedule a Microsoft Lync 2010 meeting or conference call because either client….(more)
How To Use Trackpad or Touchpad Gestures In Windows 8
By Ganesh Bhat published on 01-14-2013
Computer users who have ever used a notebook or netbook know the basics of using a trackpad or touchpad as a pointing device….(more)
Enable, Disable Disk Write Caching in Windows 7 | 8
By Anand Khanse published on 01-15-2013
Disk Write Caching is a feature that improves system performance by enabling write caching on the device. It is a feature, which is available….(more)
Enable Internet Connection Sharing & Create a Wi-Fi hotspot in Windows 8 natively
By Anand Khanse published on 01-16-2013
To begin, you will have to first open command prompt as an administrator. Open the WinX menu and select Command Prompt….(more)
Fix : Cannot play video in Internet Explorer / Internet explorer crashes on playing video
By Shantanu Kaushik published on 01-17-2013
After reading this post you will be able to fix an issue with your Internet Explorer, where Internet explorer might crash when….(more)
Macro to add gridlines in chart
By Ashish Koul published on 01-19-2013
If you want to add gridlines in chart. Try this macro….(more)
Top 10 Formulas for Aspiring Analysts
By Purnachandra Duggirala published on 01-16-2013
If you want to become a data or business analyst then you must develop good understanding of Excel formulas….(more)
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Transparency for Shape Fills
By Geetesh Bajaj published on 01-18-2013Shape fills such as solid color, gradients, pictures, and textures can have a transparency attribute that lets you reduce the opacity of a fill so that….(more)
Developing your first Windows Phone 8 Application
By Karthikeyan Anbarasan published on 01-09-2013
In this article we are going to see how to develop your first Windows Phone 8 Application using the all new Visual Studio 2012 IDE. Before proceeding further….(more)
SkyDrive.com gets improved sharing, new HTML5 features & is faster & more reliable!
By Anand Khanse published on 01-09-2012
In our earlier posts, we have been regularly seeing the constant improvements and new feature additions to SkyDrive.com. And the new year….(more)
Exchange 2013: Configuring Outlook anywhere
By Ratish Nair published on 01-10-2013
In Exchange 2013, Outlook Anywhere is enabled by default, because all Outlook connectivity takes place via Outlook Anywhere anyways….(more)
SQL Server - Open Windows Performance Monitor with your default set of counters
By Amit Bansal published on 01-11-2013
Would you not like to open Performance Monitor with your set of default counters? Or wouldn’t it be nice that you have four or five different….(more)
Access denied by business data connectivity in SharePoint 2013
By Vijai Anand published on 01-12-2013
In this blog you will see how to resolve “Access denied by business data connectivity” when accessing the external list in SharePoint 2013….(more)
To-do List with Priorities using Excel
By Purnachandra Duggirala published on 01-07-2013
A while ago, we published a New Year resolution template. This was a hit with our readers with thousands of you downloading it. During last week….(more)
Strongly Typed Views in MVC
By Abhimanyu Vatsa published on 12-23-2012
When you add a new View in MVC, you get an opportunity to create it strongly typed. In the image given below, when you check….(more)
Recursive CTE in TSQL
By Rami Vemula published on 12-23-2012
A Common Table Expression(CTE) is a temporary resultset within the scope of the immediate SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE and CREATE VIEW statements. It is different from….(more)
Remove Non-Alphabet Characters from a String–SQL Server
By Madhivanan Jr published on 12-26-2012
Suppose you have a string that contains numbers and other special characters and you want to keep only alphabets and remove all the other characters….(more)
Silverlight Application with Dispatcher and asynchronous WCF service
By Pranay Rana published on 01-03-2013
This article is about Dispatcher that makes Silverlight application responsive. It demonstrate how Dispatcher allows to update UI of the application….(more)
Creating a Pinterest Like Layout in ASP.NET
By Brij Dammani published on 01-04-2013
Pinterest is currently the world’s fastest growing social networking site and famous for the best functioning visual design. Do you love the look and feel….(more)
Steps to Move SQL Server Log Shipping Secondary Database Files
By Jugal Shah published on 12-28-2012
With SQL Server is it possible to move the secondary database involved with Log Shipping to a different drive without disturbing the Log Shipping….(more)
FIX: Unable to update Windows Store applications on Windows 8
By Shyam Sasindran published on 12-28-2012
One of the newest feature of Windows 8 is the availability of Windows Store applications. By now there are tons of application available and lot of new applications….(more)
How to rebuild the Tokens.dat or Activation Tokens file in Windows 7 | 8
By Anand Khanse published on 01-01-2013
The Tokens.dat file in the Windows operating system is a digitally signed file, which stores most of the Windows activation files. All files together have….(more)
Exchange 2013 uninstallation fails with arbitration mailbox error
By Ratish Nair published on 01-02-2013
Before you go ahead and try the steps outlined in this article, know that arbitration mailboxes should be moved to a different server provided….(more)
Learn PowerPoint 2011 for Mac: Changing Fill and Border for Charts
By Geetesh Bajaj published on 12-24-2012
When you add new charts in PowerPoint, the default fill and border (line) that PowerPoint 2011 applies to chart elements are perfectly adequate. Still, you might want to play with….(more)
Macro to Replace Markers with Custom shapes On Charts
By Ashish Koul published on 12-25-2012
If you want to use custom shapes instead of showing the values with markers on charts….(more)
Learn PowerPoint 2010 for Windows: Custom Backgrounds for Slide Master and Layouts
By Geetesh Bajaj published on 01-02-2013
There are plenty of opportunities to use a less restrained background for your slides -- your choice for a slide background should complement….(more)
Filtering a database by both rows and columns
By Ashish Mathur published on 01-04-2013
In range A1:BG2185 of this workbook, there is macro economic and demographic data for years from 1984 to 2009 (26 years) for….(more)
Creating an Agenda template in Excel
By Purnachandra Duggirala published on 01-04-2013
When planning a meeting, an event or activity, we deal with many individual steps (each taking certain amount of time)…..(more)
Recently we in MVP India community did a bit of virtual brainstorming to figure out what it takes to become an MVP. We all knew the basics such as Excellence in Technology (his/her specialization area), Participation in Community and Willingness to Give Back. But do we need to have any soft skills as well to be a successful community leader/an MVP/an Influencer?
Absolutely!! Irrespective of whatever the name we call them, we are talking about the few leaders among us with different technical expertise and for sure there are few Soft Skills which made them successful. Let’s see if we can list down a few of them here and figure out how that particular skill help our influencers day in day out:
We just learnt the top Soft Skills which our India MVP community thinks are important. We really value all the time what our MVPs spent in listing down all these points. I do think there are few other skills as well which may be beneficial. Attaching an Excel file which is listing some of them for broader community.
MVPs are independent experts and passionate about improving technology. These exceptional and highly respected individuals offer amazing contributions with great dedication. They serve their local online and offline communities and have an impact worldwide. The MVP Award recognizes exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who voluntarily share their deep, real-world knowledge about Microsoft technologies with others.
We are excited to introduce the new MVP Awardees of January 2013:
Name Technology
Sarabpreet Singh SQL Server
Amardeep Singh SharePoint Server
Vijai Anand R SharePoint Server
Balasaheb Ilag Lync
Kranthi Kumar Vangala Dynamics AX
The MVP Award program recognizes community leaders every quarter. If you have been an active community contributor for the past year or you know an active community leader, please feel free to nominate using the MVP Nomination Form.
While we don't respond to individual request for status on their MVP application, you can write to indiamvp@microsoft.com to request the information.
If you want to know the wonderful activities of the South Asia MVPs you can also follow us at @IndiaMVP on Twitter or our page on South Asia Facebook Page.