Calling all students!
Stand a chance to win $1,000 every month (in just a few clicks)!
Microsoft has launched a new contest for all students called the Hello Cloud Challenge to get students coding on Microsoft Azure. The competition is open to students above 16 years old. Be sure to check out the competition site and the official rules!
If you’re a student and wishes to take part in the challenge, here are the steps:
- First create an Azure account via DreamSpark (if you do not have one yet).
Find out how to activate your free Azure account here! - Next, register for Hello Cloud on the Imagine Cup website, and subsequently complete one or more of the Hello Cloud activities on the Azure Cloud
- Be sure to update your completed web app URL in the Imagine Cup Dashboard (shown below) to earn the chance to win $1,000 sweepstakes every month.
Every activity you complete (even in previous months) gives you an additional chance to win (even in subsequent months), so start early to increase your chances!
Some of these activities include deploying a web app (which is extremely effortless with just a few clicks) and deploying a wordpress blog. In future, more cool stuff such as MySQL database or Azure Machine Learning tasks will be added to the list of activities, so be sure to keep going back to complete more activities to increase your chances! In the meantime, be sure to also check out my other article: 10 cool things you didn’t know you could do on Azure
This challenge is an amazing opportunity for you to win some cash, and at the same time learn how to deploy your applications and services on the cloud! As cloud computing is changing the technology industry today, these skill sets you pick up will definitely stand you out from the rest when put on your resume. Have lots of fun with your new playground! 🙂
Drop us an email at imagines@microsoft.com should you have any difficulty getting access to Microsoft Azure!
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