MVP - Clarification ?

Question

How the members are takn in to consideration for MVP Award ?
Suppose a member started posting and sharing technical articles from August of 2010, at which month he will be evaluated ?
Or Will it be like Jan to Dec per year ?

Sam Hobbs · Answer

I have all five stars from the MSDN forums ( Simple Samples ) and no mention of being a Microsoft MVP except once when I first began helping in the MSDN forums; I think that was only because they thought I was the Sam Hobbs that co-authored a book about C (C not C++ nor C#). There are many people that have contributed a lot in the MSDN forums that don't get much more for it than an inexpensive backpack.

Mahesh Chand · Answer

Here is one Blog on this. On a side note It does not have to be from Jan to Dec. It can be any month. How to get a Microsoft MVP Award? by Mahesh Chand On Jul 30 2007 Many of us do not have a clear idea about Microsoft MVP Award. I get questions like what exam do I have to clear to get an MVP award. This blog answers what an MVP award is and how to receive it.

Mahesh Chand · Answer

Well .. you don't have to be on all community sites :). You can just be focused on any website (for example C# Corner). We nominate or Microsoft picks up top contributors on the site automatically. We have many MVPs from this site.

Manikavelu Velayutham · Answer

Any idea about what are all the community site available for microsoft ?

Mahesh Chand · Answer

Hi Mani I would say YES. The Microsoft MVP award is given for the whole year contributions on a community site like C# Corner. Unless you write a log in a few months and help lot of people but they evaluate for the whole year.