• Top Contributors Awards! Powershell Web, Wiki info, E-Book glory, Active Directory tips & TechNet Guru... it could be you!

    Welcome back for another analysis of contributions to TechNet Wiki over the last week (Fri-Sat), a day late due to technical difficulties.

    Firstly, the usual weekly leader board snapshot...

     

    Congratulations to Sandro again for continuing to top the charts this week. Mehmet still leading new articles over the last month, nice work guys.

     

    As always, here are the results of another weekly crawl over the updated articles feed.

     

     Most Revisions Award  
    Who has made the most individual revisions

     

    Sandro Pereira has taken the lead this week, with a jaw dropping 237 revisions over 124 articles! Wow!

    The almighty and omnipresent  is in second, with 115 revisions over 76 articles!

    another regular wiki ninja, returns to third this week, with 85 revisions over 10 articles.

     

     Most Articles Updated Award  
    Who has updated the most articles

     

    A different result for this category:

     

    #1 - Sandro Pereira with 41 articles 

    #2 -   with 57 articles

    #3 - yottun8 - with 42 articles

     

     Most Updated Article Award  
    Largest amount of updated content in a single article

     

    The article to have the most change this week was 2012(fa-IR) پیکربندی وب پاورشل بر روی ویندوز سرور - PowerShell Web by  F.keshtkar, an excellent article about deploying Windows PowerShell Web Access.

      

     Longest Article Award  
    Biggest article updated this week

     

    This week's largest document to get some attention is again E-Book Gallery for Microsoft Technologies by Monica Rush.

    Therefore I'll also mention second longest : Active Directory On-Premises to Windows Azure Active Directory Windows PowerShell Script, an excellent contribution that "enables you to migrate your enterprise AD from purely an on-premise AD to a federated AD and linking your on-prem AD with the AD in Azure"

     

     Most Revised Article Award  
    Article with the most revisions in a week

     

    This week's most fiddled with article is TechNet Guru Contributions - June 2013 by me!

    This article is the front end of our latest competition, and has attracted record numbers of editors. Ed highlighted it's progress at the end of last week.

     

     Smallest Significant Edit Award  
    Size isn't everything! Every edit counts.

     

    Ignoring the addition of tags, this week's smallest but valuable tweak was to Wiki: Introducción (es-ES) by yottun8. His tweak was simply to add a missing cross-link to other translated versions. An essential task that keeps the wiki stitched together, thank you yottun8!

     

     

    Happy Father's day, if you're in one of the nearly 80 countries that celebrate it today!

     

    Best regards,
    Pete Laker

     

  • Friday with International Community Update – Progress in each language (May 2013)

    Hello Community!
    Today is Friday with International Community Update.

    The end of May:

    Turkey exceeded the pace of Brazil. Italy reversed Indonesia. Both Great!!


    What article is the most international?

    This time, I checked the most translated article in TechNet Wiki.

    1. Microsoft PowerPivot for SQL Server 2012 Release Notes : 22 languages
    2. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP4 Release Notes : 13
    3. TechNet Wiki: How to Join : 11
    4. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP2 Release Notes : 11
    5. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Readme : 11
    6. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Release Notes : 11
    7. Microsoft SQL Server Code-Named "Denali" CTP3 Release Notes : 11
    8. Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Release Notes : 11
    9. Wiki: About TechNet Wiki : 10
    10. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP3 Release Notes : 10

    SQL Server's articles occupy the high rank!!
    This series have been written by Ed Price who is Master Wiki Ninja.
    Ed has collected these articles to link collection page which have a Language Options tag.
    Instead of writing "Other Languages" section, there is also such an approach.

    Thanks!


    Tomoaki Yoshizawa (yottun8)
    TechNet Profile : Tomoaki Yoshizawa
    twitter : @yottun8

  • Interview with a Wiki Ninja - Osman Shener: Software Packaging, Deployment & Servicing MVP

    Welcome to the Monday Interview with a Wiki Ninja! Today's Wiki Ninja is...

    Osman Shener Profile

     

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

    I live in Cambridge, UK and work for CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) as a Senior IS Engineer. My MVP expertise area is SPD&S (Software Packaging, Deployment & Servicing). I do and support internal IS projects, support internal customers and our IS teams worldwide. Although I’m somewhat of a generalist, at the moment I work on MS System Centre family, Security/Network, Setup/Deployment and MS SQL products in majority.

    Turkish : Cambridge – Ingiltere’de yaşıyorum ve CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) firmasında Kıdemli Bilgi Sistemleri Mühendisi olarak calışıyorum. MVP ünvan alanım SPD&S (Software Packaging, Deployment & Servicing). Firma içi projeler yapmakta, diğer projelere, iç müşterilere ve Dünya çapında dağınık olan diğer bilgi sistemleri takımlarımiza destek vermekteyim. Bir çok teknoloji ve konuda bilgi ve deneyimim olmakla beraber, şu anda ağırlıklı olarak MS System Centre family, Security/Network, Setup/Deployment ve MS SQL ürünleri ile daha çok calışmaktayım.

     

    What are your big projects right now?

    Currently I am working on a setup and deployment project to implement an infrastructure for our global OS migration and deployment project. I use SCCM, MDT, DB, scripting and some other related technologies to create automated, customized and centrally managed deployment system that can be used globally and meet localization requirements of our remote offices as well.

    I am studying ICT Degree at university and preparing content for Microsoft Virtual Academy. I am also planning to upgrade my MCITP certification to re-born MCSE.

    Turkish : Şu anda tüm firma genelinde kullanılacak olan global işletim sistemi yayma ve yükseltme projesi üzerine çalışıyorum. Projede SCCM, MDT, DB, kodlama ve diğer konu ile ilgili teknolojileri kullanarak, kullanıcı müdahelesi gerektirmeyen, merkezi olarak yönetilebilen ve uzak ofislerdeki farklı dil ihtiyaçlarını karşılayacak bir sistem kurmaktayım.

    Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojileri alanında lisans eğitimime devam etmekte, Microsoft Virtual Academy için içerik hazırlamakta ve MCITP sertifikasyonumu yeniden doğan MCSE’e yükseltmeyi planlamaktayım.

     

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

    I am one of the admins of SiteBuilders.org, which can be the oldest and still popular mail-list based group in Turkey, mainly used to get help about Microsoft products and IT issues. Occasionally we organize free seminars for our members or events to meet and socialize. I am also moderating a few MS TechNet Forums in Turkish. I have a personal blog that I blog generally how-to’s when I experience a problem and can’t find the adequate or direct answer on the internet.

    Turkish: SiteBuilders.org adında mail listesi tabanlı bir kullanıcı topluluğunun yöneticilerinden biriyim, Türkiye’deki en eskilerden ve aynı zamanda halen popüler olan grup genelde Microsoft ürünleri ve genel bilişim teknolikileri alanında yardım arayanlar tarafından kullanılmakta. Zaman zaman üyelerimize ücretsiz seminerler düzenlemekte veya buluşmalar organize edilmektedir. Ayrica MS Tehnet forumlarında bir kaç forumun moderatörlüğünüde yapmaktayım. Kişisel blogumda ise genelde tatmin edici cevap bulamadığım sorunlarla ilgili nasıl yapılır yaziları yazmaktayım.

     

    What is TechNet Wiki for? Who is it for?

    It’s a great and living technical resource for everybody, so anybody can join and help to make it bigger, better and more useful.

    Turkish : TechNet Wiki herkesin kulanımına açık çok büyük ve yaşayan bir kaynak; isteyen herkes katkıda bulunabilir ve onun daha kapsamlı ve faydalı olmasına katkı sağlayabilir.

     

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

    It’s a great resource for me to look when I need, as articles go beyond the standard technical descriptions by reflecting knowledge and experiences of other users.

    Turkish: İhtiyacım olduğunda çok faydalı bir kaynak sayarak başvurmaktayım, çünkü diğer meslektaşlarımın bilgi ve deneyimlerinide içerdiğinden normal teknik dokumanların ötesinde kullanışlı bir kaynak.

     

    What is it about TechNet Wiki that interests you?

    Wiki topics are like living organism so they enhance by time and provide more in-depth and practical information. I love to idea of seeing growing articles and being surprised when I re-visit an article.

    Turkish: Wikiler canlı organizmalar gibi, zamanla gelişmekte, daha detaylı ve aynı zamanda pratik bilgiler sunmakta. Bir yazıyı tekrar ziyaret ettiğimde onun zamanla ne kadar değiştigini ve geliştiğini görüp şaşırmak güzel.

     

    What are your favourite Wiki articles you’ve contributed?

    My favourite is the one about NetBootGUIDs, it provides very simple but not easily locatable and tested how-to information about cleaning pre-staging properties from computer objects. I have written it to solve specific deployment problems when WDS used to create computer accounts.

    Turkish : Favorim NetBootGUID hakkında olan diyebilirim, cok basit ancak kolay bulunamayan bir nasıl yapılır bilgisi içermekte AD’de WDS tarafından yaratılmıs bilgisayar objelerinde bulunan bu değeri temizlemek icin, bununla ilgili bir sorun yasadığımda araştırmış ve yazmıştım.

     

    What are your top 5 favourite Wiki articles?

    System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Survival Guide

    System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Best Practices

    SQL Server Performance Survival Guide

    System Center 2012 Integration Guide - Operations Manager

    Windows PowerShell Survival Guide

     

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

    Not someone, everyone in the Wiki impressed me! Knowledge grows when shared.

    Turkish: Birisi değil, herkes etkiledi. Bilgi paylaştıkça çoğalır.

     

    What does success look like for TechNet Wiki?

    Becoming one of the most respected and visited authoritative resource for technical contents will be the success.

    Turkish: TecnNet Wiki’nin saygı gören ve çok başvurulan referans bir kaynak hale gelmesi başarısı olacaktır.

     

    Thank you Osman, for the interview and for your great contributions to the Turkish community on TechNet Wiki!

     

    Turkish Ninja Serhad

    Blog: http://serhadmakbuloglu.com/

    Twitter: @smakbuloglu

  • Community Win: the TechNet Guru June article

    This community win is an obvious one, but it's still a great example of the collaboration happening every day on TechNet Wiki!

    TechNet Guru Contributions - June 2013

     First, you can scroll to the bottom and see that we have 4 pages of Comments.  

    • Revisions: 73
    • Comments: 55

    The article itself tells you to edit it (which I'm sure helps result in so many edits):

     

    In addition to adding links to their own articles, people have also been editing the article, clarifying the contest, and making some formatting tweaks.

    Thanks to the current 15 people who contributed to this article so far (and June isn't half over):

    Thanks again for making this such a fun collaborative environment!

       - Ninja Ed

  • May VB Guru - How to Create Video Games in VB.Net (Windows Forms)

    Congratulations to Reed Kimble, our VB Guru winner for May 2013! To find all the competitors for May (and more information about this monthly contest), see the Wiki article: TechNet Guru Awards, May 2013.

    Reed Kimble's avatar 

    About Reed: [Adult Swim] fan, EQII player, and has broad interests in computers, electronics, and programming. Enjoys outdoors in forest, mountain, and/or secluded lake settings. Fascinated by social and spiritual aspects of humanity.

     

    Reed won with this fantastic contribution:

    How to Create Video Games in VB.Net (Windows Forms)

     

    Here are our three winners:

    Visual Basic Technical Guru - May 2013

    Gold Award Winner

     

    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)."

     

    Silver Award Winner

     

    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."

    Bronze Award Winner

     

    Paul
    Ishak
    Virtual memory in Visual Basic.Net
    • "Nice code sample."
    • "Was actually the most informative in some ways, particularly for the professional developer."

     

    Here is an excerpt from the article:

     

    How to Create Video Games in VB.Net (Windows Forms)

    I realize that this is a very popular subject, especially amongst budding developers. The drive to create games may be the reason you started working with Visual Basic in the first place. After stepping through a few samples and getting the hang of working with user controls on a form, it may be very tempting to start to throw some PictureBoxes and a Timer on a Form and start to implement some game logic. Seems easy enough, right?

    To some extent, this is a true statement. You could start to do this and it would be easy enough… at first. But when you begin to try to calculate collision and animate or rotate your “sprites”, you may start to run into some difficulty. And attempts to circumvent the problems often lead to even worse issues. This can cause an endless spiral of misery which could leave you thinking VB just isn’t meant to make games! ;)

    The initial problem that most people face is the desire to use a PictureBox (or any other control) as the logical “Sprite” container for the elements in the game. It makes sense since the control appears to provide a lot of the required functionality already and it’s easy to extend it with more properties as needed.

    ... 

     

    Read the entire article here:

    How to Create Video Games in VB.Net (Windows Forms)

     

    Thanks again to Reed Kimble for a great contribution! You can read about all the May winners here: TechNet Guru Awards - May 2013

     

    Are you ready for a new group of winners for June! We're almost there! See all the June contributors here: TechNet Guru June Roundup & Commentary

     

    Wiki while you work! (or whilst on break)

       - Ninja Ed