A New Year, a New Challenge! Become the FIRST SQL Server Guru of 2015!

Happy New Year!
"Guru 2014" is so 'last year'!
The real glory is to be the first Guru of 2015! :D
The birth of a new year, and a new hero?
Or the stamp of authority from long established Guru leaders?
The challenge is on, all eyes are watching, anyone could win this month.
The prize? Glory! Honor! Virtual medals! Unashamed love and worship from those within the community and those bloging about it (article spotlights,
weekly awards).
Published interviews and the chance to climb the TechNet social ladder. Become a true TNWiki Ninja and
advance through to black belt... and beyond!
All you have to do is add an article to TechNet Wiki from your own specialist field. Something that fits into one of the categories listed on the submissions page. Copy in your own blog posts, a forum solution, a white paper, or just something
you had to solve for your own day's work today.
Drop us some nifty knowledge, or superb snippets, and become MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY GURU OF THE MONTH!
This is an official Microsoft TechNet recognition, where people such as yourselves can truly get noticed!
HOW TO WIN
1) Please copy over your Microsoft technical solutions and revelations to
TechNet Wiki.
2) Add a link to it on
THIS WIKI COMPETITION PAGE (so we know you've contributed)
3) Every month, we will highlight your contributions, and select a "Guru of the Month" in each technology.
If you win, we will sing your praises in blogs and forums, similar to the
weekly contributor awards. Once "on our radar" and making your mark, you will probably be
interviewed for your greatness, and maybe eventually even invited into other inner TechNet/MSDN circles!
Winning this award in your favoured technology will help us learn the active members in each community.
Feel free to ask any questions below.
More about TechNet Guru Awards
Thanks in advance!
Pete Laker
#PEJL
Got any nice code? If you invest time in coding an elegant, novel or impressive answer on MSDN forums, why not copy it over to
TechNet Wiki, for future generations to benefit from! You'll never get archived again, and
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Have you got what it takes o become this month's
TechNet Technical Guru? Join a long list of well known community big hitters, show your knowledge and prowess in your favoured technologies!

Is this program initiated by Microsoft or ....?
Ahsan Kabir Please remember to click Mark as Answer and Vote as Helpful on posts that help you. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. http://www.aktechforum.blogspot.com/
Yes. It's co-run by Microsoft and the TechNet Wiki Community Council, which includes amazing Partners and collaborators like XAML guy.
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Small Basic,
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