Below is the material for the #BestMicrosoftHack presentation that I use at Hackathons.
- Hackathon Entry Form: https://wakeupandcode.com/public_downloads/hackentry.docx
Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/shahedC3000/how-to-win-bestmicrosofthack-with-azure
Download PPTX: https://wakeupandcode.com/public_downloads/azure-for-hackathons.pptx
Azure links and resources:
- Azure: http://azure.com
- Portal: https://portal.azure.com
- Microsoft Hackers: http://microsofthackers.github.io/
BizSpark, MSDN Benefits, AzurePass:
- BizSpark: http://bizspark.com
- MSDN Benefits: https://msdn.microsoft.com
- AzurePass: http://www.microsoftazurepass.com
- Free Trial: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/
Azure App Service (Web, Mobile, Logic, API):
Other APIs:
- Bing Developer Center (Maps, Speech, Translator, Search, Synonyms, etc)
- OneDrive API
- OneNote API
- Office365
- Cognitive Services: https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services
- Natural Language Processing: https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services/en-us/web-language-model-api
- Bot Framework : https://dev.botframework.com
Data, Storage, Analytics
- SQL Database
- SQL Data Warehouse
- Storage
- MongoDB
- HDInsight (Hadoop, big data)
- Machine Learning (Predictive Analytics)
- Oracle on Azure
Media Services, Internet of Things
Infrastructure:

As executive vice president of the Cloud + Enterprise group, Scott Guthrie manages the engineering teams that build Microsoft Azure, Windows Server, SQL Server, Active Directory, System Center, Visual Studio, and .NET. He’s been a trail-blazer with the company for almost two decades. Since 1997, he’s made critical contributions to many key cloud, server, and development technologies at Microsoft. Prior to leading the Cloud + Enterprise group, Scott helped lead Microsoft Azure and he was also one of the original founders of the .NET project. Scott graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Duke University.