Welcome to 2018! Here’s the Friday Five

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	How I Grew My Career in 2017 Becky Benishek is a second-year Microsoft Office Servers & Services MVP in the United States. At the Crisis Prevention Institute, she drives engagement on two Yammer External Networks that provide professional learning opportunities to customers. She’s also a children’s book author, builds Lego structures, and has a working Commodore 64. Follow her on Twitter @bbenishek.
	aOS LoireValley Tour Thierry Buisson has been versed in IT as an Architect Sharepoint since 2007. He’s knowledgeable about Microsoft platform, and curious but 'service oriented". Thierry provides quality services to his clients. He prefers to implement no-code and do-it-yourself business solutions, and thinks that using technical concepts is useful when you provide functional and quick solutions. Thierry is also passionate about French and European History. Follow him on Twitter @thierrybuisson
	PyCharm vs Visual Studio Code for Python Development Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan is a Microsoft MVP for Visual Studio and Development Technologies from Rabwah, Pakistan. His primary interest is .NET Core development, Microsoft Azure and ASP.NET Core development and training. He writes articles and blogs for beginners, and loves meeting students and startups over tea. Follow him on Twitter @afzaalvirgoboy.
	Manage Licences on Azure Portal Nicolas Bonnet is a system engineer and an Enterprise Mobility MVP. He works on EMS, SCCM, Windows Server and Windows 10 projects. He also writes books for the ENI-Eitions, and articles on his blog https://www.nibonnet.fr/. Follow him on Twitter @nico_bonnet.
	Getting started with Angular5 and ASP.NET Core Syed Shanu is a Microsoft MVP, a two-time C# MVP and two-time Code project MVP. Syed is also an author, blogger and speaker. He's from Madurai, India, and works as Technical Lead in South Korea. With more than 10 Years of experience with Microsoft technologies, Syed is an active person in the community and always happy to share his knowledge on topics related to ASP.NET, MVC, ASP.NET Core, Web API, SQL Server, UWP, Azure, among others. He has written more than 70 articles with on various technologies. He's also a several-time TechNet Guru Gold Winner. You can see his contributions to MSDN and TechNet Wiki here. Follow him on Twitter @syedshanu3.