We are proud to announce, as of July 1st, 2016 our very own [John Sterrett received the Data Platform MVP](https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/PublicProfile/5002005?fullName=John{ba73dddca7982ae34a1fd88deacd14d81bde8c1566bcc84b8da0bfb5e7162b7b}%20{ba73dddca7982ae34a1fd88deacd14d81bde8c1566bcc84b8da0bfb5e7162b7b}%20Sterrett) award from Microsoft. The Microsoft Data Platform MVP Award is a great accomplishment for John’s [involvement in the SQL Server Community](http://johnsterrett.com/community) and helping everyone connect, share and learn.

You can read John’s thoughts about the award in [his blog post](http://johnsterrett.com/2016/07/01/data-platform-mvp/).

July 27, 2016/by [John Sterrett](/content/blog/author/johnsterrett/ "Posts by John Sterrett"/index.html)

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