Becoming an mvp

I was reading about how people become MVP's and it states participate in the MSDN forums, is this true ?

EDIT: Why did you lock this thread, it is specific to becoming an MVP in reporting services. Kind of ignorant on your part.

This isn't the right place to ask those kind of questions as we try to keep it to software development discussion only. You should have a look at this site

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpexecsum

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Thanks for the unlock, looks like its more than just answering questions

on this forum.

Jon

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I hope you understand that your question does not really fall under the topic SQL Server Reporting Services development discussion, these are MSDN forums after all. Your question is answered on the MVP support site.

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

Q1: What is the Microsoft MVP award?

A1: The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award is an annual award that is given to outstanding members of Microsoft's peer-to-peer communities, and is based on the past year's contributions those members make in those communities online and offline.

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I understand but it had to do with reporting services and becoming an MVP in that.

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Andreas Johansson wrote:

Q1: What is the Microsoft MVP award?

A1: The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award is an annual award that is given to outstanding members of Microsoft's peer-to-peer communities, and is based on the past year's contributions those members make in those communities online and offline.

I would also like to point out that it is not just simply a matter of simply sitting on a forum answering all the questions you can - you also have to be nominated either by other MVPs, or by other people who are recognised as being competent in the subject area, and you also normally have to present at user group meetings, etc.

sluggy