MSSQLTips.com Author of 2025

In 2025, we had many great articles covering topics from AI to XML. Also, in 2025, Microsoft released SQL Server 2025 which gave our authors many new topics to write about. MSSQLTips authors have crossed over into many new areas that are impacting SQL Server and data professionals including AI, PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS, DevOps, Google Cloud, JSON and lots of other exciting areas.

The rules for author of the year are simple:

• authors that had at least 10 published tips in 2025 qualify for the Author of the Year
• voting is up to the MSSQLTips community to determine who deserves to be honored as the Author of the Year.

The votes are in, and here are the contenders and the 2025 Author of the Year winner.

2025 Author of the Year Contenders

• Aaron Bertrand
• Daniel Calbimonte
• Hristo Hristov
• Jared Westover
• Kenneth A. Omorodion
• Koen Verbeeck
• Mehdi Ghapanvari
• Rajendra Gupta
• Rick Dobson
• Sebastiao Pereira

2025 Author of the Year Winner

Sebastiao Pereira

Please congratulate and thank all of the authors for their contributions to the SQL Server community in 2025.

Also, check out past winners: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014.

Thank you,
The MSSQLTips.com Team

P.S. We are already in search of the 2026 Rookie and Author of the Year. If you are interested in joining the MSSQLTips.com Author Team, please click here to get started.

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