What to Build

Use GitHub Copilot with VS Code or Visual Studio to build and submit an app leveraging Azure services. 

Submit your project into the following categories:

• Best Use of GitHub Copilot: Awarded to the team that demonstrates the most creative and impactful use of GitHub Copilot to accelerate development workflows. Show us how Copilot boosts your productivity, enhances code quality, and supports innovative problem-solving throughout your project. 
• Best Azure App Integration: This category recognizes the project that most effectively integrates with Azure services to create a scalable, high-performing application. Whether you’re leveraging Azure Functions, Logic Apps, or other cloud solutions, showcase how your app takes full advantage of Azure’s capabilities. 
• Best Use of Azure AI: Entrants must create a multi-modal app that features at least 2 modes from the categories of images, video/motion, voice/audio, or text in addition to language capabilities with Microsoft Azure’s Responsible AI tools.

What to Submit

• Include a Project built with the required developer tools and meets the above Project Requirements.
• Include a text description that should explain the features and functionality of your Project.
• Include a demonstration video of your Project. The video portion of the Submission:
  • should be less than three (3) minutes. Judges are not required to watch beyond three minutes 
  • should include footage that shows the Project functioning on the device for which it was built
  • must be uploaded to and made publicly visible on YouTube, or Vimeo, and a link to the video must be provided on the submission form on the Hackathon Website; and
  • must not include third party trademarks, or copyrighted music or other material unless the Entrant has permission to use such material.
• Provide a URL to your public code repository for judging and testing
• Identify which category/categories you are submitting to.