This post is in honor of all the MVPs that have nurtured, guided and helped those within SharePoint the community. Many of you that visit SharePointBuzz.com, visit for the latest articles that the community is discussing. Majority of the time, these posts are from MVPs. We the community thanks you for your hard work. For all those that have been awarded the MVP award, congraluations!

And those that look up to their heroes and aim to become them, it starts and stops with passion and creditability. Want to read more on MVP greatness, then check out these fine articles:

• How to Become a Microsoft MVP
• Finally revealed!!! The secret criteria for the Microsoft MVP Award!!

Directly from Microsoft:

We present the MVP Award to thank individuals for their exceptional contributions to technical communities worldwide. When a community participant sees an MVP in a technical community, whether in a newsgroup, as a user group host, a conference speaker, or a respondent in forums, that community participant can be confident that the information shared by the MVP will be of the highest caliber and will help every user make the most of the technology. [source: Microsoft.com]

MVP Announcements

Microsoft has awarded the SharePoint MVP award to roughly 50+ recipients (as of this writing) and a few of my favorites are:

• Ishai gets his MVP award - A MVP is born
• Liam also gets awarded a MVP award - THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! Awarded an MVP!!!
• Andrew Connell gets MVP Renewed for MOSS
• Nick Swan is MVP for another year
• Ton Stegeman posts on What a great day: I got an MVP Award!!
• Penny’s a MVP
• Another year, another MVP renewal for Bill of Fear and Loathing

• Frans Bouma code says it all - this.AddAward(new MVPAward());
• Sahil’s renewed as MVP C#

Show your appreciation for all the MVPs by posting at their blogs and how they have helped you!

Additional Resources:

• MVP Program Home
• Full list of SharePoint MVPs