MVP

Awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2018-2019!

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I am really proud to be awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2018-2019. This is the eighth time I receive this award and it is a real honor to be part of this community and that Microsoft recognizes my contributions. I was awarded as Office Servers and Services MVP and I will continue focus on Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Office 365 and Microsoft 365, in that order.

The MVP award program recognizes your passion for Microsoft technology and your activities for the past 12 month. I think that the MVP program is the key to success because of getting there is not the end of the journey, but the beginning. When you are recognized as an MVP, you have been acting as an MVP for a long time and this is a way for Microsoft to say thank you for something you have already been doing for a couple of years. Getting the reward just means you need to step it up in terms of community activities to be able to get re-awarded. Think about it, there are now 2996 MVP’s and hundreds of thousands of IT Pro’s, this does not happen by itself.

Typical, but not limited to, activities for becoming an MVP are 

  • Contributing code to Projects
  • In-Person and virtual Speaking
  • Engaging in organizing user groups
  • Helping Others
  • Creating Content
  • Providing Feedback
  • Source (mvp.microsoft.com)

Some highlights of my contributions for the past year

Some links to MVP information

Awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2016!

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I am really proud to be awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2016. This is the sixth time I receive this award and it is a real honor to be part of this community and that Microsoft recognizes my contributions. This time I have been awarded as Office Servers and Services MVP.

The change in the name from Skype for business to a more generic title signifies the change within Microsoft and the move to a more cloud and integrated platform across products. For me this works well since I now work more with the Microsoft platform on-premises, in hybrid and in the cloud and help customers succeed with productivity in general.

I did a talk at Nordic Infrastructure Conference this February where I talked about how to succeed with productivity in Office 365 and EMS in a level 200 session, where Skype for Business is an important component for real-time collaboration. Check out the recording below

Being an MVP helps me stay current on the technology, have a great network to sync my ideas with and learn directly from Microsoft at the MVP Summit. Next up is that I am speaking at the Belgium E-Communications event April 26

About the MVP program: https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/overview.aspx
The MVP FAQ: https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/faq.aspx

Awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2015

Ståle Hansen 1 Comment

I am really proud to be awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2015. This is the fifth time I receive this award and it is a real honor to be part of this community and that Microsoft recognizes my contributions. This time I a have been awarded as Skype for Business MVP. Being an MVP helps me stay current on the technology, have a great network to sync my ideas with and learn directly from Microsoft at the MVP Summit. Next up is that I am speaking at Microsoft Ignite, reach out to me to chat about #Skype4B :)

Here is a photo of me and MVP Tom Arbuthnot at the 2014 MVP Summit

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At the 2014 MVP Summit. Here is some highlights of my community contributions last year: https://msunified.net/2015/01/04/what-a-year-2014-was/

Resources

About the MVP program: https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/overview.aspx
The MVP FAQ: https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/faq.aspx
Skype for Business MVP’s: https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-US/search-mvp.aspx?ex=Skype+for+Business&sc=s

Awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2014

Ståle Hansen 2 Comments

Today I received the Microsoft MVP Award for my contributions in the Lync Community. This is the fourth time I have received this award, the first time was in 2011. This is huge and it is really inspiring to get recognition for my contributions. Here’s an excerpt from the email I got:

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Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2014 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in Lync technical communities during the past year.

I feel very honored to be part of this outstanding community and I want to mention the MVP Summit as a highlight of the experience. With all the cool things happening around Lync, Office 365 and Windows 8 I look forward to contribute to the community the coming year as well.

Microsoft takes good care of their MVP’s and we where featured at the keynote at LyncConf :)

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Resources

About the MVP Award Program
Lync MVP Awardees
MVPs.org community site
Microsoft MVP FAQ

Awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2013

Ståle Hansen 1 Comment

Today I received the Microsoft MVP Award for my contributions in the Lync Community. This is the Third time I have received this award, the first time was in 2011. This is huge and it is really inspiring to get recognition for my contributions. Here’s an excerpt from the email I got:

MVP2013

Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2013 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in Lync technical communities during the past year.

I feel very honored to be part of this outstanding community and I want to mention the MVP Summit as a highlight of the experience. With all the cool things happening around Lync, Office and Windows 8 I look forward to contribute to the community the coming year as well.

See this cool video about being an MVP created for the 2013 20 year anniversary

Resources

About the MVP Award Program
Lync MVP Awardees
MVPs.org community site
Microsoft MVP FAQ

Awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)

Ståle Hansen 2 Comments


On April 1st last year I was awarded the Microsoft MVP Award for my contributions in the Lync community. The MVP Award is valid for 1 year, and is based on the contributions for the past year. On April 1st this year I was re-awarded for my 2nd year as an MVP:

Dear Ståle Hansen, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2012 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in Lync technical communities during the past year.

I feel very honored to be part of this outstanding community and I want to mention the MVP Summit as a highlight of the experience. With all the cool things happening around Lync, Office and Windows 8 I look forward to contribute to the community the coming year as well.

Resources

About the MVP Award Program
Lync MVP Awardees
MVPs.org community site
Microsoft MVP FAQ

Awarded Lync Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)

Ståle Hansen 5 Comments


Today was a good day! I received an email from Microsoft presenting me with the 2011 Microsoft® Lync MVP Award for the first time. The mail stated: “This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in Lync technical communities during the past year”. I am proud to be a Lync MVP and want to thank the people within Microsoft who nominated me and the community who share the same passion for technology. It is a good feeling to get recognition for the hard work and dedication you put in to your work and your hobby. I look forward to interact within the Lync MVP community.

View my MVP profile page here: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Hansen1

Today there is 42 Lync MVPs and I am one of them. There where 140 new MVP awards and 814 MVPs that were re-awarded world-wide within the whole range of Microsoft technologies. Read more about it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mvpawardprogram/archive/2011/03/28/congratulations-to-the-new-and-re-awarded-mvps.aspx

What is the MVP Award?

The Microsoft MVP Award recognizes exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who voluntarily share their high quality, real world expertise with others. Microsoft MVPs are a highly select group of experts representing technology’s best and brightest who share a deep commitment to community and a willingness to help others. Worldwide, there are over 100 million participants in technical communities; of these participants, there are fewer than 4,000 active Microsoft MVPs.

Read more about it here: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

A short video about whats cool about being an MVP