How To Become Microsoft MVP
Becoming a Microsoft MVP is an elite honor that recognizes your contributions to the software community. It’s not easy to get, but it’s definitely worth it. Here are the steps you’ll need to take:
- Find some people who are already Microsoft MVPs and ask them how they did it.
- Read up on what makes a good MVP candidate and make sure you meet all of those criteria.
- Write a bunch of blog posts about programming, then tweet them at @MSFTNerd or @dotNetTips until one of them notices you and gives you a shout-out on Twitter—this will help you get noticed by other MVPs who follow these accounts closely!
- Write another bunch of blog posts about programming, and keep tweeting them at @MSFTNerd or @dotNetTips until one of them gives you another shout-out on Twitter—this will help you get noticed by even more MVPs who follow these accounts closely!
- Keep writing blog posts about programming and tweeting them at @MSFTNerd or @dotNetTips until one day someone from Microsoft gives you an email saying something along the lines of “Hey! You’re one of my favorite bloggers! Would
How To Become Microsoft Mvp
Overview
Who are MVPs?
Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals, or MVPs, are technology experts who passionately share their knowledge with the community. They are always on the “bleeding edge” and have an unstoppable urge to get their hands on new, exciting technologies. They have very deep knowledge of Microsoft products and services, while also being able to bring together diverse platforms, products and solutions, to solve real world problems. MVPs make up a global community of over 4,000 technical experts and community leaders across 90 countries/regions and are driven by their passion, community spirit, and quest for knowledge. Above all and in addition to their amazing technical abilities, MVPs are always willing to help others – that’s what sets them apart.Get to know some MVPs
What is the MVP Award?
For more than two decades, the Microsoft MVP Award is our way of saying “Thanks!” to outstanding community leaders. The contributions MVPs make to the community, ranging from speaking engagements, to social media posts, to writing books, to helping others in online communities, have incredible impact. Key benefits to MVPs include early access to Microsoft products, direct communication channels with our product teams and an invitation to the Global MVP Summit, an exclusive annual event hosted in our global HQ in Redmond. They also have a very close relationship with the local Microsoft teams in their area, who are there to support and empower MVPs to address needs and opportunities in the local ecosystem. Other benefits include an executive recognition letter, a Visual Studio technical subscription, and an Office 365 subscription.Find out more about the MVP award structure!
What does it take to be an MVP?
There are 3 very simple steps: Be an expert, do lots of what you love, and let us know! Really, there isn’t a long checklist of things you need to do to become an MVP. The best MVPs really excel in step #2: they LOVE what they do. And we can tell! Whether you’re a recognized speaker, a technical content creator, technical community leader, recognized advocate on social media, a consistent GitHub contributor or have a totally different and cool way to share your passion for our products and services, we’d love to know more!See some great examples that showcase our MVPs!
How can I become an MVP?
We want to award the best and brightest technical community leaders! To place yourself into consideration for the MVP Award, a nomination referral must be first submitted on your behalf by either a Microsoft Full Time Employee (FTE) or Microsoft MVP. Following this referral submission, a link to complete the award nomination will be sent to you. Once you have completed the nomination form, we will review your nomination. As you can imagine, sometimes we receive a lot of applications, this process can take up to 90 days. If you have any questions, please contact the MVP global support channel.
The MVP Award is a global program of recognized technology experts and community leaders who actively support technical communities through unique, innovative, and consistent knowledge sharing. These community leaders actively contribute to support the developer and IT Pro communities worldwide, helping them learn, build, and use our products. Learn below what the Microsoft MVP Program seeks for recognition of future community leaders.
Demonstrate community leadership and influence
Our program finds strength in diversity, inclusion, and positive influence. In all our interactions, we aspire to embody and champion these values as a program and as a community. Qualifying applicants must demonstrate leadership and ability to facilitate the sharing of knowledge with others, promote inclusive activities, and advance social good to support the community and under-represented groups.
Be a technical expert
Community leaders must have deep knowledge and expertise aligned to a Microsoft product or service or related open-source technologies. Through community work, qualifying applicants should be able to demonstrate their technical expertise.
Be a great advocate for the community
Leverage your technical expertise to advocate in the technical community. Qualifying applicants should generate local and global awareness that supports adoption and learning of Microsoft products & services through authentic connections, online/offline activities, and community enablement.
Contribute to the success of our products
Qualifying applicants should use their ability to discover and recommend improvements to Microsoft products & services through Microsoft official feedback channels (e.g., GitHub, Tech Community, etc.) or work on open-source extensions within the ecosystem.
We are always looking for amazing community leaders to become the next Microsoft MVP. Here’s some great examples that showcase our MVPs and the passion, community spirit and leadership they have exhibited to earn the MVP award.
