Microsoft Student Partner ProgrammeGracelyne Fernando (IV CSE) gracelyne@student-partners.com

MSP Programme

• Who Are We?• Overview - Student’s Perspective• MSP Activities• Microsoft Campus Club @ Mepco• MSDNAA• Microsoft’s Perspective• Imagine Cup• Summary

What is the MSP Programme?

•Students who are passionate about technology, ready to share their knowledge with others and want to develop skills outside their field of classroom study, are encouraged to undertake a number of fun activities on campus.•Less emphasis on expertise & knowledge•Concentrates on finding enthusiastic and talented individuals who can help, encourage and share their enthusiasm with other students interested in technology

• Exposure to Microsoft technologies – Examples: participation in contests or user-groups,

development on Microsoft platform, creative use of Microsoft products, etc.

• Passion for technology• Outgoing personality• High level of social activity, both online and

offline• Willingness to share knowledge• Good academic scores in college

Desired Characteristics

• Be a Microsoft representative on your college campus• Share your knowledge on new technologies with peers

on your campus and outside• Be active on online technical forums by answering

technical queries and posting technology articles• Be the first users of beta software of the latest

products from Microsoft • Participate along with your friends in competitions

such as the Imagine Cup, etc.• Collaborate and build amazing applications that create

waves across the community; e.g. OpenXML at LinuxAsia

What Does an MSP Do?

MSP Responsibilities

Dev Con - Madurai

Dev Con - Madurai

What’s in it for the MSPs?

• Free Stuff !!– MSDN Universal– Social and Technical Meet-ups– Chance to win Xbox, smart phones, pda’s…

• Further Develop Skills– .NET & MS Technology– Soft Skills (Not just tech talk!)

• Great for CV

Social Evening - Banglore Bootcamp

• Campus Clubs usually meet after classes or on weekends to conduct hands-on labs.

• These labs act as practical sessions for students to get familiar with various Microsoft technologies.

• Information relating to registration for premier events such as the Imagine Cup or other launches is available at the Campus Club.

• first-level support infrastructure for technical queries.

• One of a kind , as never before• Member-oriented club• Students can come voluntarily and share

their knowledge and they will be rewarded for that

• INETA– the next step in User Group Evolution

• 50 Rs per member , as opposed to 20,000 for a decent certified course outside

Campus Club @ MEPCO.

• One of a kind , as never before• Member-oriented club• Students can come voluntarily and share

their knowledge and they will be rewarded for that

• INETA (International .NET Association) – the next step in User Group Evolution

• 50 Rs per member , as opposed to 20,000 for a decent certified course outside

Campus Club @ MEPCO.

• Hands on labs (HOL)• Seminars• Presentations• programming contest• videos about future technologies,• Mock s2b contests• Technology awareness

Agenda for 2008-2009

• Learn about Microsoft technologies, network with peers, information about contests

• a great place for students from each campus to come together to learn about these technologies, to network with their peers, and to foster a sense of community among students learning and using the same technologies.

Campus Club Benefits

• .NET 3.0,3.5• ASP.NET • Expression Studio• Web 2.0/AJAX and Atlas • The Live Platform • Mobile and Embedded Computing • Windows Vista • The Office 2007 System• MSRS,Silverlight and much more…..

Typical sessions

Imagine Cup intro

Imagine Cup

• Competition Initiated by Microsoft 6 years ago

• Originally A Programming Competition

We see thousands of young innovators - Microsoft Your potential Our passion

• Taking personal accomplishment to a global stage

• Building a community of young innovators• Sharing the promise of new ideas• Looking Ahead

Imagine Cup 2008

• Winners - Team SOAK(Australia)

Footage of IC ‘08

Imagine Cup 2009

• This years theme is “Imagine a world where technology helps solves the toughest problems facing us today.”

• For more information on the invitationals and where to point people who should enter :

• http://www.imaginecup.com

http://www.imaginecup.com

• Software Design

• Embedded Development

• Game Development

Team Based Competitions

• Mashup

• IT Challenge

• Robotics & Algorithm

Challenge Competitions:

• Photo Story

• Short Film

Digital Arts Competitions

Students2Business

Bringing together talent & demand

• Only for students• Lots of useful features• How-To’s section• Resource documents

http://www.microsoft. com

/student/

• http://www.studentrockstar.com/

• http://www.microsoft.com/student/

• http://channel8.msdn.com/

• http://www.student2business.co.in/

Web Resources

MSDN AA – Free software for students

Allows free access to software for students & teaching staff for “academic” purposes.

Some departments more willing to jump on board than others. Oxford signed up in 2002, but is only now getting around to giving students access, after 2 years of constant nagging from two MSPs!

Windows XP / 2003 Server, Visual Studio, Visio, Project, SQL Server, Exchange, BizTalk, MapPoint and more…

Microsoft’s Perspective

Academia is renowned for being hostile to Microsoft

• Increase Adoption of MS Technology• Raise Student Awareness of MS• Route into Top Universities in UK and

Ireland• Talking to the Experts (ie. Students)

Summary

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Questions ???

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