2021 was an exciting year on MSSQLTips.com with the team demonstrating perseverance and growth. A total of 82 professionals contributed to making 2021 a success and we are very proud of each and every accomplishment by all of the MSSQLTips.com Authors. We are excited to announce the eighth annual MSSQLTips.com Author and Rookie of the Year. In 2020, we made a few changes including splitting the Author of the Year into four categories – DBA, Developer, Business Intelligence and Cloud Professionals. We also included new ways for Authors to garner votes with additional community promotions, impactful ideas and more. Authors that had at least 10 published tips qualified for the Author of the Year and new authors in 2021 that had at least 5 published tips qualified for the Rookie of the Year.
Please congratulate the contenders and winners in the form below! All of these authors deserve significant recognition for all of their contributions and we encourage all of the authors to take it to the next level to provide the community with even more beneficial content in 2022!
- 2021 Author of the Year Contenders
- 2021 Rookie of the Year Contenders
Based on the community, peer and leadership voting for Author of the Year and Rookie of the Year, we are pleased to announce the 2021 winners. As a first time ever, we have a tie for the Rookie of the Year!
DBA of 2021 | Dev of 2021 | BI Pro of 2021 |
Cloud Pro of 2021 | Rookie of 2021 | Rookie of 2021 |
On behalf of the community, we would like to congratulate Joe, Nai, Kenneth, Ron, Andrea, Hristo and all the authors that qualified for these awards. All of the author contributions are valued by the community and we look forward to many more contributions by all of our authors and all new 2022 authors. “Thank you” on behalf of the global SQL Server community.
Please take some time to congratulate and thank these authors for their contributions to the SQL Server community in the comments section below.
Also, check out the past winners: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014.
Thank you,
The MSSQLTips.com Team
P.S. We are already in search of the 2022 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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Congratulations to all the authors! I’m honored to win an award! Thank you Jeremy, Greg, peers, and the MSSQLTips community. I look forward to contributing more articles in the coming years!
Best Wishes
Ron L’Esteve
Congratulations! You guys are doing very great job for community!
Humbled to win an award. Congratulations to all the authors!
Many thanks to Greg and Jeremy. You work hard to provide such a great platform to the global SQL Server community. We come together to learn and improve. When I encounter any questions, I search for answers on MSSQLTips.
I want to thank all MSSQLTips users. You practice our solutions, give us feedback, and motivate us to improve ourselves.
I want to offer my sincere thanks to all other MSSQLTips authors. I have learned a lot from you. I am proud of being part of this great team.
Thanks!
Nai Biao Zhou
Congratulations to all winners and thanks for all contributions!
Congratulations to all MSSQLTips family, and to all winners. Thanks to Jeremy and the MSSQLTips Admin team for their support.
Congrats to all of the MSSQLTips authors for another great year of sharing their database, development and cloud knowledge. I want to congratulate the author of the year and rookie of the year contenders and winners. Many topics were covered last year along with many different perspectives. Looking forward to another great year from all of our existing and new authors in 2022.
Congrats to everyone, and thanks for various interesting and excellent topics that surely benefit SQL Server communities ! Looking for more tips in the new year !
congrats and those are great articles that I’ve been reading through!
It’s been an amazing year as part of MSSQLTips! Thank you to all readers, to Jeremy and the team for your valued recognition!
To our two Rookie Titans… Andrea and Hristo,
Congratulations on being recognized as the 2021 MSSQLTips.com Rookie of the Year by your peers. 2021 is the first time in 8 years two Professionals have been recognized. You split the votes right down the middle.
You both have brought a whole new dynamic to the MSSQLTips.com community. Thank you!
Andrea - We love the database platform comparison tips!
Hristo - We love the Power Apps and Python tips!
Thank you for leading the class of 2021. You both have humbly been recognized in 2021 for some amazing contributions worthy of this recognition. Enjoy! But get geared up for 2022! There is a whole new level that we need you to step up to – with the Veterans. Get ready and GO!
Thank you,
Jeremy Kadlec
Community Co-Leader
Ron,
Congratulations on being recognized as the 2021 MSSQLTips.com Cloud Pro of the Year by your peers.
Well Mr. Consistency… you did it again. 2019 – Rookie of the Year, 2020 – Cloud Pro of the Year and 2021 – Cloud Pro of the Year. We want to encourage you to continue to help shed light on many of the latest cloud solutions. Looking forward to working with you more in 2022 and beyond!
Congrats!
Thank you,
Jeremy Kadlec
Community Co-Leader
Kenneth,
Congratulations on being recognized as the 2021 MSSQLTips.com BI Pro of the Year by your peers.
Thank you for all of your deep dive tips on Power BI. We appreciate all you have done to cover DAX related topics and new facets of Power BI. We appreciate your easy-going nature and willingness to always help! Well-deserved and enjoy your time in the spotlight!
Congrats!
Thank you,
Jeremy Kadlec
Community Co-Leader
Nai Biao Zhou,
Congratulations on being recognized as the 2021 MSSQLTips.com Developer of the Year by your peers.
Your tips are always thorough, riddled with valuable code snippets and explained with precision. You certainly take a tremendous amount of time, effort and care in all of your contributions. We are grateful to have you on the team and looking forward to working with you much more in the years to come.
Congrats!
Thank you,
Jeremy Kadlec
Community Co-Leader
Joe,
Congratulations on being recognized as the 2021 MSSQLTips.com DBA of the Year by your peers.
We appreciate all that you have done over the last 5 years to help DBAs around the globe. Your short and sweet tips are certainly appreciated by busy DBAs.
Congrats!
Thank you,
Jeremy Kadlec
Community Co-Leader
Job well done to 2021 author of year winners. Keep up the good work.
To all of the MSSQLTips.com Authors,
Thank you for your hard work, dedication and clever solutions to problems faced by SQL Server Professionals around the globe.
I am very to have you on the MSSQLTips.com Team and ask you to continue to grow and share your solutions globally.
I am looking forward to working with you more in 2022!
Thank you,
Jeremy Kadlec
Community Co-Leader
Congratulations to the winners!
Congratulations everyone, and thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!!!
Guys, congratulations to all of the contenders and to all the winners, well done and deserved!!
Well deserved Kenneth… Congrats to all the authors and rookie of the year!!!
Congratulations to the winners!! Well deserved and thank you for your contributions to the community!!
Congrats to all winners! Well deserved and I hope we can see many more contributions in the future.