Imagine Cup 2016! Microsoft Azure for students! Visual Studio 2015! Windows 10! BAM! What a month!

August 2015 Having trouble viewing this email? View as a webpage.               Registration for the 2016 Imagine Cup is now open! It may SEEM like it was only yesterday that eFitFashion of Brazil was crowned Imagine Cup World Champion, but it wasn't! Now's the time to start dreaming big and building your team for the 2016 Imagine Cup. Register today!         Explore Microsoft Azure and you could win $1,000! Every month, one student will win $1,000 in our new Hello Cloud contest! Sign up for a free Microsoft Azure subscription (no credit card required) and then complete one or more of our introductory tutorials. The more you do, the more chances you have to win! Learn more about the Hello Cloud Challenge now!         Get Microsoft Azure today at no cost! Want to tap into the power of the cloud, but don't know where to start? Microsoft Imagine can help! Deploy websites and web apps to the cloud right now with Microsoft Azure without worrying about time limits or accidental charges. Sign up today!                 Passion, perseverance & the power of the cloud More than 50 percent of the Imagine Cup teams that made it to this year's World Finals in Seattle tapped into the power of the cloud. Read this story and find out how they took their projects to the next level using Microsoft Azure.         Walk the path from Imagine Cup to entrepreneurship If you're wondering how to turn your Imagine Cup project into a thriving startup, then look no further. We recently caught up with four Imagine Cup alumni that have done just that! Read their stories to find out how they did it! Hint: hard work!             Get your free dev tools here! Find the tools you need to get started coding apps, games and websites in the cloud today! Microsoft Azure Visual Studio Community 2015 Windows 10 SDK     Are you ready to tap into the power of Windows 10 and Microsoft Azure? Develop for Windows 10 and the cloud using these resources: Welcome to Visual Studio 2015 with Azure! Developing Websites Using Python and Django A Developer's Guide to Windows 10             Key dates Be sure to mark your calendar with these important dates! Hello Cloud! Upcoming deadlines to submit are Aug. 25 & Sept. 29. Imagine Cup Big Idea competition – Pitch submission deadline is Sept. 30. Imagine Cup Big Idea competition – Plan submission deadline is Oct. 28.     Upcoming events Don't miss out on the latest coding activities! Little Rock Tech Fest —Oct. 16. Register today! Application Lifecycle Management and DevOps with Visual Studio (United Kingdom) – Sept. 8. Sign up now! Windows Camp (Moscow, Russia) – Sept. 10. Don't miss it.       Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online Privacy Statement. If you would prefer to no longer receive this newsletter, please click here. To set your contact preferences for other Microsoft communications click here.     Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 USA