About the challenge

The participation period will last for 5 weeks starting from 12th March 2023. The teams will be given  a problem facing their community to solve during the entire time.

Each team will be assigned a Team Lead who is either a Gold Member or Beta Member of the Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador Program. The Team Lead is part of the team contributes to the creation of the project.

Each team is required to have at least one review session with their Team lead every week.

Each week is a sprint, code submission must be in by 11.59 PM Saturday for review and weekly judging.

If the team will use Microsoft Azure for the development of their solution, they are only allowed to Strictly use the Azure for Students Subscription which they can activate from http://aka.ms/azureforstudents

At the end of the 5th week, by 11.59 PM Sunday 16th April 2023 EAT, each team is required to submit the deliverables listed in the WHAT TO SUBMIT section.

• Address the Challenge - 25%
  Does the project address the Challenge, and present a clear and relevant solution?
• Customer Focus - 20%
  Who is the project primarily for? Why is this solution different and compelling for the customer?
• Business Value - 20%
  What business value does your project provide?
• Feasibility - 10%
  Does the project have actionable next steps and a reasonable chance of success in its implementation?
• Inclusion - 10%
  Does the project create an inclusive experience, making others feel valued, respected, and sense of belonging?
• Make Something - 15%
  Does the project make or create something tangible that can be shown or demonstrated, going beyond an idea?