As our thank you to our MVPs, we provide the following award benefits to help MVPs connect with each other and with Microsoft, enhance their technical skills, and stay abreast of the latest product developments:

• MVP Award: The MVP Award recognizes exceptional technical community leaders worldwide who actively share their real world expertise with others. As part of the award, MVPs receive a thank you gift, an MVP certificate, and a variety of resources to help them make the most of their experience as a Microsoft MVP.

• Technical Resources: We value MVPs' passion for technology. To help MVPs develop and expand their expertise, we provide them with access to several resources such as complimentary subscriptions to MSDN or TechNet, access to MVP private newsgroups, and technical support incidents.

• Relationship Services: Microsoft is a large, complex company that can be difficult to navigate. To help MVPs make the most of their award experience, we provide them with dedicated MVP Leads who serve as the MVP's main point of contact inside Microsoft, as well as an exclusive MVP Web site that keeps MVPs informed of award benefits, updates, news about their peers, and events that are occurring in their region and worldwide.