{"id":17845,"date":"2016-11-28T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T20:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/?p=17845"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:50:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:50:39","slug":"recognizing-the-top-database-systems-contributors-on-msdn-forums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2016\/11\/28\/recognizing-the-top-database-systems-contributors-on-msdn-forums\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognizing the top Database Systems contributors on MSDN forums!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are planning to launch a monthly leaderboard for the top contributors on MSDN forums. This is a pilot effort for Database Systems, including SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, and SQL Server VMs on Azure questions on MSDN. 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