Microsoft TechNet Wiki Guru - Winners for May
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The results for May's TechNet Guru competition have been posted!
http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/2013/06/11/technet-guru-awards-may-2013.aspx#3578313
Congratulations to all our new Gurus for May. We will be interviewing and highlighting their achievements, as the month unfolds.
If you think you have a useful fact, snippet, or detailed solution that is as good or better than the examples you see for May, please share it with us on TechNet Wiki.
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Below is a copy of the May winners. The last column being a few of the comments from the judges.
SharePoint 2010 Technical Guru - May 2013 
Matthew Yarlett Adding Charts to Webparts - "I know I’ll need this code some day."
- "The article of Matthew is written in such a way that even if you have almost no experience with SharePoint development, you would be able to build a working proof-of-concept version by following the step by step guide he wrote. "
- "Interesting solution, and it is clear."
Christopher Clement How to filter a list dynamically - "Clever thinking, I like it!"
- "It is a good workaround."
Christopher Clement How to delete crawled property - "Handy tip!"
- "Good tip!"
Transact-SQL Technical Guru - May 2013 Naomi N Dynamic Pivot on Multiple Columns - "Great example of what we want on TechNet Wiki"
Naomi N SQL Server PIVOT - "Clean, clear and well presented."
- "I liked this more than the dynamic entry, based on the explanation and presentation."
Andrew Bainbridge SQL Server resource re-balancing in Failover Cluster - "My favourite, based on the technical level."
- "Perfect contribution, includes original forum link"
Naomi N T-SQL: Date-Related Queries - "Well described; includes original link."
- "Great post; just what we need for the wiki."
Visual Basic Technical Guru - May 2013 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)."
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."
Paul Ishak Virtual memory in Visual Basic.Net - "Nice code sample."
- "Was actually the most informative in some ways, particularly for the professional developer."
Visual C# Technical Guru - May 2013 Sachin Spelling Check in Windows Store App - "This provides a good article layout. With a simple description about what it is, screenshot, and also a working sample for WinRT."
Carsten Siemens How to Query Trees Using LINQ - "It is very concise and clear what is going on. There are not extra words or asides."
- "The motivation really helps sell the context and set expectations."
- "He took the time to call out possible shortcomings of this approach. This is very useful to people trying to use this code."
chriga Creating a simple plugin mechanism - "Excellent example of copying content in from MSDN Forums."
- "A very useful subject and great article."
Windows Phone Technical Guru - May 2013 isenthil Retrieving the Screen Resolution for Windows Phone 8 Emulator - "Excellent tip. Just what we want on the wiki."
- "Nice fact article, useful snippet!"
isenthil Windows Phone 8 SDK and Windows 7 - "Simple but useful fact"
- "He learned something; he passed it on. That's the point"
isenthil Oxygene and Windows Phone 8 - Introduction - "Interesting article."
- "Not sure if we will continue to accept 3rd party s/w references in the future, but gratefully received nonetheless."
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