Microsoft India launches Azure Blogathon that lets developers share ideas, innovation

Microsoft India has launched the Azure Blogathon, a year-long technical blogging contest that lets users share their experiences with building solutions on Azure.   

Developers can share their ideas, learning, and innovations in the form of blogs and presents them with the opportunity to become a developer community leader and win prizes, the company said.

Microsoft’s early-stage cloud developers, experienced Azure developers and students in the fields of science and technology will not only share their insights, but in process motivate the developer community at large around the world, it added.

The contest will be divided into four quarters with each quarter focuses on a different theme. The first quarter’s theme will be Azure-focused Programming Languages. With the key performance indicator (KPI) of driving 25 high-quality blogs per quarter, a repository will be created by the end of June 2023.

The content will be collected till the last week of October, giving participants time to experiment with their blogging skills and submit quality content.    

A panel of IT professionals will be announcing the winners in the last week of each quarter. The top three winners from the Blogathon will get a Surface Pro X, while the next 25 blog submissions will each receive an online voucher worth ₹2,000.

Additionally, the first 50 bloggers on the platform will receive special t-shirts, and the writer of every valid blog entry will receive an Azure Certification Exam Voucher. The chosen blogs will be published and serve to educate developers from around the world to scale in building solutions on Azure, the company said.