All you need to know about microsoft student partners program,My Journey,FY !4 Procedure,Tools and tutorials.
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1. When technology.. becomes your absolute passion..
2. Your time to shine!
3. Chandan Mishra Microsoft Student Partner 2012-2013 Northern
India Engg. College, App Engineer,Cvent/Crowdcompass,
Founder-Aonestall
4. (Introductory Video) MSP for Life
5. MSDN Subscription: Free availability of all the MS products
from Office to Operating Systems. MSDN Subscription costs Rs. 2.5+
Lacs in retail which you as an MSP get free of cost. It includes
all the softwares, free developer accounts and Azure credits.
Internal offers and contests which might get you goodies from some
T-Shirts to some cool gadgets too! Exclusive and prioritized
support from App Lab and other MS channels. Chance to attend some
of the biggest convocations and industry events for free. Platform
to organize and host events batch-wide to city-wide with
recognitions for each of your efforts. Chance to meet other like
minded awesome people and others industry technocrats in exclusive
MSP events. Exclusive invitations to MSP summit and boot camps with
free lodging where you would be taught about different technologies
and meet some great people. Exclusive training programs related to
communication skills to get the best out of you. Chances to get
free industrial certifications which cost $100+ for others. And
many more..
6. Internship and Job opportunities at Microsoft. FTE starting
package 16-20 Lacs p.a.!! Minimum requirements at Campus Placements
for Microsoft 8+ CGPA No backlogs 5-6 level of tests before
interviewing Minimum requirements for MSP* None! 2 level of written
tests before interviewing Irrespective of your college and previous
performance *Subject to change without prior notice
7. Achievement Nothing except 80+% numbers in 4-5th sem,wining
quizes,participation in contest, attending workshops etc.
8. Microsoft Certified Professional in HTML5 Level 1(Exam
70-480). Microsoft Certified Professional in C# Level 1(Exam
70-483). Microsoft Student Partner 2012-2013 Microsoft Rockstar
2012-2013 Winner in Marmalade Sdk Contest for WP8 and Blackberry.
Top developer in Nokia Developer League. Winner in Microsoft
I-Unlock Joy Contest-2012-Top 50 Apps Category and E-certificate
Category. Blackberry Developer alpha C device Winner for Blackberry
apps. Blackberry Developer Z10 device Winner for Blackberry apps.
Blackberry Portathon Winner. Winner in Digits blackberry app
contest. Nokia S40 Device Winner in Web apps Category + more ppt
size is short and Journey is still ON..
9. Complete at least 2 of these 4 activities Develop a Windows
8 app-Silver Rating Mentor at least one person regarding Windows
Azure-1 refferal at Azure Develop an app for Office 2013 Get into
weekly local Microsoft Virtual Academys leaderboard-Learn from
MVA
10. (Tutorial later in the session subject to time
availability) Develop a high quality Windows Store application
which should be published in store latest by 31st December 2013.
Strict no to simple applications like Converters(currency, time,
temperature etc), RSS Feeds or Calculators. Apps which pass through
the App Lab with a grading of Silver or higher before being
published onto the Windows Store will be considered more
favourably. App development is key part of MSP program. You should
at least know how to develop at least some simple applications on
MS platforms. App Lab? Details on next slide..
11. An optional platform which tests and reviews your
applications for free over the web or in person at Bangalore
office. They will guide you regarding testing, performance and/or
design to make your app stand out. Steps: Develop app and create
app package Zip and upload the app package on SkyDrive Send a mail
to App Lab with a link to package uploaded in SkyDrive (Mail and
other information on next slide..)
12. Email Address [email protected] Subject App Lab
Request [Review/Design/Tech] Example Medi-Caps Group of
Institutions App Lab Request Review
13. Body App Name, Description and URL of package on SkyDrive
or other equivalent
14. Dont look for ideas, look for inspiration.
http://aka.ms/appsforasia
15. Storage, Backup, Web Hosting, Web Services, Virtual
Machines, VPN, Mobile Services etc..
16. Mentor at least 1 unique individual from the community to
achieve the status of a Windows Azure Champion by organizing
workshops/ seminars/ trainings/ evangelism sessions by engaging
with Startups/ Business Incubators/ Developers/ Technology
Enthusiasts/ Technocrats etc. Each participant should have a
minimum usage of 50 USD dollar equivalent real time consumption of
Azure during the application building/deployment of Azure, which
would be over and above the free trial usage/ free usage limit to
be eligible to compete for this campaign. How to complete the
challenge? Details in next slide..
17. Set up following details 1. Windows Azure Account Name,
E-Mail and Azure subscription ID. 2. Screenshot of Windows Azure
account which should show minimum billing of $50 USD with their
email id and azure subscription id. 3. If the participants are
students, then their college name / expected year of graduation /
course enrolled, contact details needs to be sent as part of the
claim process. Send following details to
[email protected] IMPORTANT: DO NOT DELETE THE ACCOUNT
UNTIL THE VERIFICATION COMPLETES
18. Build one new Office app which should be published to
Office Store latest by 31st December 2013 All About Office
App-office.developer.com Some examples of basic Office App 1.
Dictionary for Microsoft Word 2. Currency Convertor for Microsoft
Excel 3. PDF Preview tool for Outlook 4. Mailing utility for
Outlook 5. Language Translator for Word, Excel
19. MVA is an online platform provided by the Microsoft which
provides free learning resources about MS technology online. Learn
at your own pace at your own time and complete the quizzes and self
assessment to climb the leader board. Get featured on the Top
Students Weekly Leader Board in India on the official Microsoft
Virtual Academy website. www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com
20. Windows Store App Today or at later date, you will
eventually need to focus on this platform if you become an MSP in
future. You will get to learn a lot about App Development and
starting on Windows 8 is the easiest for the beginners as compared
to other app platforms like Windows Phone or Android. Windows Azure
Champion This activity involves REAL MONEY of any start up /
technocrat you are mentoring. Please be sure of what you are doing
fully and get to know what cloud actually is before getting into
this task. We as MSPs are fully committed to guide you in this task
once you are sure what you doing. Microsoft Virtual Academy Start
today itself! Getting to Top 10 would start getting hard as more
and more people will compete from different states to be in the
leaderboard with time.
21. Each participant who completes the Azure task (not you, but
the participant whom you would mentor) will be eligible for Windows
Azure Champion title and a certificate delivered online titling
him/her as a Top Azure Contributor. Cloud technologies are pretty
new for people in India. Most of the work in world has already been
started to be outsourced to the cloud. Increase awareness regarding
cloud and make sure your mentored person could get the most out of
the cloud. A paid account needs a credit card positively associated
with the account. It would be your responsibility to check that the
consumption does not overshoot the 50 USD mark. Every penny would
be charged and billed accordingly. Sign up for a free trial for
Windows Azure (does not require a credit card) to test personally
what all you can do before mentoring anyone else.
22. Students who successfully complete more than 2 out of 4
below mentioned activities or/ and deliver more than the minimum
requirement in these activities would be given greater weightage
basis their extra contribution and effort. For example one can
choose to successfully complete 3 out 4 activities or/ and deliver
more than the minimum requirement in 1 or more below activities
i.e. build more than 1 new high quality Windows 8 App or Office App
or mentor more than 1 individual from the community to achieve the
status of a Windows Azure Champion Note: In any case the applicant
would be required to complete at least 2 out of 4 activities to
become eligible to proceed for the next step even if he/ she
contributes much more in 1 particular activity.
23. Get a referral letter from a faculty or an MSP clearly
stating the attributes or qualities possessed by the student to be
recommended as an MSP. You will need to fill this information in
the registration form discussed later in presentation.
24. After completing the two phases, selected students will be
notified by email and a telephonic interview would be faced by the
aspiring student taken by MSP India Team. Interview will judge your
technical background and might include questions regarding your app
and referrals. Exact content is unspecified for now.
25. www.microsoftstudentpartners.com Best of Luck
26. Windows 8 / Windows 8 Pro/Windows 8 enterprise Expression
blend[Design UI]+windows phone sdk 8[optional] Visual Studio 2012
Express for Windows Store or above A developer license for windows
8 store+windows phone[use Dreamspark account] Office developer
account[use trial account] + Azure Trial Account a Where to get
free ms softwares? Answer: DreamSpark!
27. Gives free access to developer tools and accounts for
students Get a free DreamSpark key from Website [Apply through
manual verification by uploading the college ID card Register over
the site Download Visual Studio 2012 Professional for Free Make a
free developer account for Windows Store Free 90-days access to
Plural Sight online course gallery And more..
28. MSDN (http://msdn.microsoft.com) Channel 9
(http://channel9.msdn.com) Microsoft Virtual Academy
CodeProject.com YouTube Stack Overflow And the search engines..
(Google, Bing etc..) And offcourse you
29. What if I am not selected as an MSP? Or what if I cant
apply for this for any personal reason? Do I have something else to
work on? Yes! There are always a lot of student contest which are
been conducted across the globe and in India for students at each
and every point of year. Current contests to look forward for:
Microsofts Imagine Cup 2014[Highest Quality Contest] Google Cloud
Developer Challenge IBMs The Great Mind Challenge 2014[Important
during Job Interviews] Samsungs Tizen App Challenge And plenty more
and they keep coming again and again