This is the first blog post in this series of the top international contributors to TechNet Wiki. Here are all the blog posts in this series:

1. Top 12 Russian Contributors (this page)
2. Top 17 Portuguese Contributors
3. Top 16 Turkish Contributors
4. Top 11 Spanish Contributors
5. Top 22 Portuguese Contributors - 2013 
6. Top 10 Turkish Contributors - 2013
7. Top 5 French Contributors 
8. Top 14 Persian (Farsi) Contributors

As many of you know, we released three new language-specific versions of TechNet Wiki...

1. Portuguese (Brazil) - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/pt-br/

2. Chinese (Simplified) - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/zh-cn/

3. Russian - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/ru-ru/

And there are many language communities that are very proactive on the main TechNet Wiki site: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/

Today I want to focus on the Russian TechNet Wiki.

I think the biggest improvement that the site still needs is that the portals on the top (the blue boxes, which act as category lists) still point to my portals for the English language. Is there a Russian contributor who wants to make Russian versions of the portals? Then the community can slowly build out the portal lists and add the Russian articles. After that, we'd just have to link to those artcles from the Russian main page.

Today I'm going to take a look at the top 12 Russian contributors that seem to pop to the surface. I feel like we haven't engaged with them enough and haven't gotten to know them yet.

These contributors are ranked by overall Wiki pages they've authored in Russian. Tie breakers go to the one with more edits. As you'll see, we still had a tie with two #9s. But that's okay. I listed Alexander first, since he has a picture. Plus it looks like he's doing stand up comedy. I'd have to get that translated though, to enjoy it.

Anyway, congratulations to all these contributors! You're paving the way for the Russian community! Great job, everyone! At this point, every contribution is significant when you're a pioneer and building a new community!

1. Denis Dyagilev

Profile: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/profile/denis%20dyagilev/

About: MVP, Microsoft Partner

TNWiki Articles: 18

Edits: 641

Technologies: Hyper-V, System Center, Windows Server

Example: Информация о Microsoft Hyper-V, Virtual Server 2005 и Virtual PC      

2. Yelenah_

Profile: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/profile/yelenah_/

About: Microsoft employee, SQL Server International Content & Community

TNWiki Articles: 8

Edits: 18

Technologies: SQL Server, SQL Azure, TechNet Wiki

Example: Вики: kак создать заглушку страницы  

3. Andrey Korshikov

Profile: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/andrey%20korshikov

About: MVP, Freelance Microsoft Partner

TNWiki Articles: 8

Edits: 4

Technologies: SQL Server, XML

Examples: С миру по нитке...,  Работа с XML в SQL Server (часть 1)

4. Vinokurov Yuriy

Profile: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/profile/vinokurov%20yuriy/

About: Microsoft Partner, Microsoft Contractor, Siemens IT

TNWiki Articles: 7

Edits: 493

Technologies: Direct Access, Windows 8

Example: Direct Access FAQ (Windows Server 2008R2)    

5. Anton Boyko

Profile: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/profile/anton%20boyko/ 

About: Microsoft Partner

TNWiki Articles: 5

Edits: 12

Technologies: SQL Azure, Windows Azure

Examples: Федерации в SQL Azure, Планирование мощностей для кэширования в Windows Azure     

6. Aviw_

Profile: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/profile/aviw_/

About: Microsoft Partner, at PMPractice. He's a software developer specializing in Microsoft technology. He has over 6 years of development experience. Now he's a Senior SharePoint/Silverlight Developer at PMPractice, Moscow, Russia. MCPD, MCITP. Skype: akimov-ru.

TNWiki Articles: 2

Edits: 13

Technologies: SharePoint, Silverlight

7. Dmitriy Razbornov

Profile: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/profile/dmitriy%20razbornov/

About: Microsoft Partner

TNWiki Articles: 1

Edits: 4

Technologies: Active Directory, PowerShell, Windows Server

Example: Передача или принудительное назначение (захват) ролей FSMO другому контроллеру домена используя модуль AD-Powershell  

8. Smarty

Profile: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/smarty

About: SQL Server/.NET Framework developer and trainer. Blog: www.sqlCMD.ru - all around MS SQL Server

TNWiki Articles: 1

Edits: 3

Technologies: SQL Server

Example: Блог sqlCMD.ru - доступно об SQL Server  

9. Alexander Karavaev

Profile: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/profile/alexander%20karavaev/

About: Microsoft Partner, at AdWatch

TNWiki Articles: 1

Edits: 2

Technologies: SQL Server

Example: Оптимизация запросов к пространственным данным в SQL Server 2012    

9. seagemicro

Profile: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/profile/seagemicro/

About: Microsoft Partner

TNWiki Articles: 1

Edits: 2

Technologies: SQL Azure

Example: Шардинг с SQL Azure  

10. Александр Гладченко (Alexander Gladchenko)

Profile: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/profile/%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%20%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE/

Also: http://msmvps.com/blogs/gladchenko/about.aspx

About: Works at Москва, former MVP

TNWiki Articles: 1

Edits: 1

Technologies: SQL Server

Example: Оптимизации ввода-вывода для нагруженных баз данных

11. Dmitriy Kostylev - MVP

Profile: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/profile/dmitriy%20kostylev%20-%20mvp/

About: MVP, at ATMed, Russia

TNWiki Articles: 1

Edits: -

Technologies: SQL Server

Example: Организация пользовательских счетчиков (генераторов) в Microsoft SQL Server

12. dplotnikov

Profile: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/profile/dplotnikov/

About: SharePoint MVP, MSP, Izhevsk Developer Community Lead, Developer Guidance Advisory Council

TNWiki Articles: - (6 in English)

Edits: 44

Technologies: SharePoint

Example: TechNet - ресурсы по Server 2008R2 (ru-RU)   

So there you go! We've got 5 MVPs up here. That's pretty impressive! Special thanks to Yelena for her hard work on this Russian Wiki!

I'll have to update this list sometime and see how it changes! =^)

This was kind of fun. Slightly time consuming, but I could always make it a top 5 list instead (if I do another one). Do you think I should do something like this for the Brazilian TechNet Wiki next?

Have a great weekend! And don't forget to Wiki!

   - Ninja Ed

The intention of a Wiki Community Win article is to provide an example of great collaboration. Instead of pointing to a specific Wiki article, I want to take a moment and discuss how Wiki Ninja interviews put a face to the TN Wiki Community and thereby add real value to collaboration.

As a side note, I’ve found that “collaboration” is a popular word in Microsoft technology (especially in the various SharePoint technologies).  For me, this took some time to get used to. I grew up disliking this word, in the Netherlands the term “collaboration” got tainted during World War II and in fact means “working together with the enemy” (see  http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaboratie, Dutch only and http://www.history.co.uk/explore-history/ww2/collaboration-and-resistance.html). This is a huge difference to the term as currently described by Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaboration; here collaboration only means working together to achieve a goal.

History lesson is over. Let’s see how Wiki Ninja interviews put a face on the TN Wiki Community. For example, take my Wiki blog post “The Big Bang” metaphor (http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/2012/06/17/the-big-bang-metaphor.aspx)... I noticed a nice comment by Fernando Lugao Veltem. Now, I saw his name before, but that was all. So, as a first step, I’ve checked out his profile and find out that he’s heavily involved in TN Wiki, and that I don’t speak enough Spanish to understand what he’s doing. Things become clearer after reading his interview (http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/2012/01/02/interview-with-a-windows-server-and-exchange-mcc-wiki-ninja-fernando-lug-227-o-veltem.aspx). Now I know a lot more about him, such as that he lives in Brazil and can be trusted with your server park.

To me, this is what brings life to a virtual community. Getting to know your peers a little bit better makes it more fun to participate and lowers the barrier for contributing to the Wiki pages of others, and therefore the entire brand of TN Wiki Interviews is my example of great collaboration.

Welcome to our TNWiki Article Spotlight on Tuesday!

I usually write up a lot about BizTalk Server. Through my personal blog, magazines, and the TechNet wiki (see BizTalk Server resources on TechNet Wiki). However I am not the only one. Others in the BizTalk community and with Microsoft have contributed articles too. This can be an inspiration for others to write. One of article that deserves attention is the BizTalk: List of Errors and Warnings, Causes and Solutions article by Sandro Pereira.

Sandro has worked hard the last couple of months. He has put a lot of effort into compiling a list of errors, warnings, causes and solutions in all stages/components of BizTalk. The different stages  are development, deployment, adapters, runtime, setup and configuration. The list in this article has proven to be very useful for BizTalk developers and administrators. It basically acts as a knowledge base and proves that the TechNet wiki is a best place for it to compile such a list by adding, modifying and updating. Not only by Sandro himself, but also others from the BizTalk community. Collaboration between members of community can be empowered through the TechNet Wiki. I believe this article is a great example for it. In my view this article deserves to be article spotlight this week. Sandro has done an excellent job creating this article/knowledge base. It will be maintained for a long while as more information will be added and updated in the future.

So go check out all the wonder, and dive in! The Wiki's warm.

- Ninja Steef-Jan (Blog, Wiki, Twitter, Profile)

Hello everyone, and welcome to Monday Interview. This week is my pleasure to present the Wiki Ninja Daniel Donda, brazilian MVP and top contributor to Technet Wiki. 

Who are you, where are you, and what do you do? What are your specialty technologies?

English - Hello, my name is Daniel Donda, I'm from São Paulo capital. I'm specialist in IT infrastructure and information security. My specialty is infrastructure with Windows Server (Active Directory, Network, Security), today I'm focused on Windows Server Core.

I've written two books, one about Windows Server 2003 and the last one about Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core.

Portuguese - Olá, meu nome é Daniel Donda, sou de São Paulo capital e sou especialista em infraestrutura de TI e segurança da Informação. Minha especialidade infraestrutura de TI com Windows Server  (Active Directory, Network, Security).

Eu escrevi dois livros, um sobre o Windows Server 2003 e o ultimo  sobre o Windows Server 2008 Server Core R2.
 

How did you become an MVP? Do you have any suggestions for other community members who hope to eventually become MVPs? 

English - I have collaborated with the IT community for many years. And only in 2011 during an event called Community Zone I was nominated. I had not yet seen the email, but the JP Clementi our MVP Lead showed me the message on his cellphone. It was very exciting because there was a large crowd waiting for this. Never forget that day. My suggestion to my colleagues who like to collaborate with the community, is to continue participating and contributing more and it is important that your actions may be seen and you will be identified as a candidate for MVP.

Portuguese - Eu tenho colaborado com a comunidade de TI a muitos anos. E somente no ano de 2011 durante um evento chamado Community Zone eu fui nomeado. Eu não havia visto ainda o e-mail, mas o JP Clementi nosso MVP Lead me mostrou a mensagem no celular dele. Foi muito emocionante, pois havia uma grande torcida esperando por isso. Nunca esquecerei esse dia.
A minha sugestão para os colegas que gostam de colaborar com a comunidade, é que continuem participando e contribuindo cada vez mais e é  importante que suas ações possam ser vistas e você ser identificado como um candidato a MVP.

 

How did you get introduced to TechNet Wiki? And what was your first collaboration? 

English - I was introduced to TechNet Wiki in a community event and I was very excited to be able to put my articles directly  in the Microsoft Wiki.

I began with a subject I always found interesting and the students always get confused, so I started writing the article "Understanding the User Group Policy Loopback Processing Mode". And I thought it deserved  an English version and was with the help of Ed Price who corrected the errors of English (many by the way) so I can publish my firts and unique article in (so far). That was in March 2011.

Portuguese - Conheci o TechNet Wiki em um evento da comunidade e fiquei muito animado em poder colocar meus artigos diretamente no Wiki da Microsoft.  Iniciei com um assunto que sempre achei interessante e que em aulas sempre gerava dúvidas nos alunos, então comecei a escrever o artigo  "Entendendo o User Group Policy Loopback Processing Mode" . E achei que o assunto por ser tão importante merecia uma versão em Inglês e foi com a ajuda do Ed Price que corrigiu os erros de inglês (muitos por sinal) e então publiquei o meu primeiro e único artigo Inglês (até agora). Isso foi em março de 2011.

Besides your work on TechNet Wiki, where do you contribute?

English - A few years ago I created a site for our user group named Mcsesolution.com and there I could contribute with articles, tips and files related to certification, infrastructure and security. Even today I collaborate with the site with news and as a hub of my contributions in the community. Recently I started publishing articles in the Microsoft Technet Library too. And I'm very happy with it.

Portuguese - Já a alguns anos eu criei um site para nosso grupo de usuários chamado Mcsesolution.com e lá eu podia contribuir com artigos, dicas e arquivos relacionados a certificação, infraestrutura e segurança. Ainda hoje eu colaboro com o site com novidades e como um hub das minhas contribuições na comunidade.

Recentemente iniciei a publicação de artigos na Biblioteca Microsoft Technet também. E estou muito contente com isso.

What are your big projects right now?

English -I'm working on an e-book about PowerShell for infrastructure and can even become a printed book. But still in a very early stage. I intend to launch later this year. And as part of learning the focus now is Windows Server 2012.

Portuguese - Estou trabalhando um e-book de PowerShell para infraestrutura e que pode até se tornar um livro impresso. Porém ainda está em uma fase bem inicial. Pretendo lançar ainda este ano.

E como parte de aprendizado o foco agora é o Windows Server 2012.

What do you do with TechNet Wiki, and how does that fit into the rest of your job?

English - TechNet Wiki is very important for my work, since I spend most of time solving problems and implementing solutions, I need a centralized technical support and I find it in TechNet Wiki.

Portuguese - O TechNet Wiki é muito importante para o meu trabalho, já que passo a maior parte do tempo implementando soluções e resolvendo problemas, preciso de um apoio técnico e centralizado que eu encontro no TechNet Wiki. 
 

What is it about TechNet Wiki that interests you?

English -The collaboration, if you do not find what you seek, why not study, understand and collaborate? Another important point is that you're not alone, there will be other community members who will review your items leaving them up to date.

 Another important factor is the feedback you receive that enriches the learning experience.

Portuguese -A colaboração, se você não encontra o que procura, por que não estudar, entender e colaborar? Outro ponto importante é que você não está sozinho, sempre haverá outros membros da comunidade que irão revisar seus artigos deixando-os sempre atualizados. 
Outro fator importante é o feedback que você recebe que enriquece ainda mais a experiência de aprendizado.

What are your favorite articles you’ve contributed?

English -My favorite are all Windows Server Core articles  and one in particular that I use frequently that is "Audit logon in Windows Server 2008 R2".

Portuguese -Os principais e que eu mais gosto são todos do Windows Server Core e um em especial que eu uso com frequência é o de Auditoria de logon no Windows Server 2008 R2.

Who has impressed you in the Wiki community, and why?

English -Many, Ed Price who helped me a lot in the beginning. Yuri Diogenes that even living so far away it is always present and ready to help us. Luciano Lima with its great collaborations and with that special force in the dissemination of our contributions. Luiz Henrique and Fernando Lugão they are doing an excellent job and all those who dedicated themselves to collaborate and share knowledge.

 Portuguese -São muitos, Ed Price que muito me ajudou no inicio. Yuri Diogenes que mesmo morando tão longe se faz sempre presente e pronto a nos ajudar. O Luciano Lima com suas ótimas colaborações e com aquela força especial na divulgação das nossas contribuições. O  Luiz Henrique e Fernando Lugão que estão fazendo um excelente trabalho e todos aqueles que se dedicaram a colaborar e compartilhar conhecimento.

You've done fairly well on the Wiki. Do you have any tips or recommendations about editing or authoring articles?

English -Thank you, my recommendation is very simple for those who want to contribute. If you do not find you looking for, study and create your article, disclose to the community so everyone can collaborate and improve the quality of content. And remember, collaboration is not only creating an article, but also editing and improving existing articles. Participate.

Portuguese -Muito obrigado, a minha recomendação é simples para aqueles que querem contribuir. Se você não achou no Technet Wiki crie o seu artigo, divulgue para a comunidade e assim todos podem colaborar e melhorar a qualidade dos conteúdos. A colaboração não vem somente da criação de um artigo, mas também edição e melhoria dos artigos já existentes. Participe.

Thank you Daniel for the interview.

Start the week contributing and don't forget to follow

@WikiNinjas

@WikiNinjas_BR

Fernando Lugão Veltem
blog: http://flugaoveltem.blogspot.com 
twitter: @flugaoveltem

Welcome to our weekly top contributors!

We've featured Fernando before, so let's take a look at a new major TNWiki contributor, Giglesias:

Giglesias' Profile

Here are some of Giglesias' authored articles this week:

• Demo Transcript: Developing a SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services Tabular Project (en-US)
• Demo Transcript: Developing and Monitoring a SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Solution (en-US)
• Demo Transcript: Exploring Self-Service Reporting with SQL Server 2012 Power View (en-US)
• Demo Transcript: Performing an In-Place Upgrade of a SQL Server 2012 Data-Tier Application (en-US)
• Presentation: Introducing Data-Tier Applications (en-US)
• Presentation Transcript: Introducing SQL Server 2012 Spatial Improvements (en-US)
• Presentation Transcript: Introducing SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL Improvements (en-US)  
• Presentation Transcript: Introducing SQL Server Data Tools for Visual Studio 2010 (en-US)
• Presentation Transcript: What’s New in .Net 4.0 and SQL Server 2012 (en-US)  

And Giglesias contributed regularly to this article (adding in the links as they were created):

• SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit BOM (en-US) - By Roger Doherty

Now let's look at what Fernando has been up to this week in English only (click his profile link to his Portuguese contributions as well)...

Fernando's Profile

Fernando's topics he's contributed to and authored this week have a wide range...

Active Directory:

• AD FS 2.0: Event ID 47 is Logged in AD FS 2.0 Tracing/Debug with MSIS1022 and ID6008

Exchange:

• Configure a Static UDP Port for Push Notifications in an Exchange 2010 Environment
• Exchange 2010 DAG Using Server 2008 R2 – Part 1

Forefront:

• FOPE SFTP File Format Examples

Javascript:

• Fluent Queries on the Interactive JavaScript Console

System Center:

• ConfigMgr (SCCM) How to Increase WMI Default Memory Allocation
• Event ID 26380 - "The System Center Operations Manager SDK Service failed due to an unhandled exception

Congrats to Giglesias, Fernando, and our other top contributors this week (Richard, Steve, Yottun8, R,Alikhani, Luciano, Joakimbs, Nilesh, and Steven)! 

Fernando, what's an MSP (it's a title acronym in your profile)?

Thanks!

   - Ninja Ed