Microsoft Imagine Blog

One language to rule them all: How Azure and Xamarin dominate app development

Malte Götz (L), Rafael Regh and Kai Brummund develop apps together and have been friends, Microsoft...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 04/13/2016

Microsoft Azure Tutorial: Build your first movie inventory web app with just a few lines of code

Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Mustafa Mahmutović, a Microsoft Student Partner...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 04/12/2016

Student Highlights from Build 2016 Day 2

More student highlights from the second day of Build 2016! Scott Guthrie, Scott Hanslman, Steve...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 03/31/2016

Student Highlights from Build 2016 Day 1

There was a LOT of exciting news and announcements during the first day of Build 2016. Satya...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 03/30/2016

Students: Get the most out of Build 2016

It's finally time for Microsoft's biggest developer event of the year: Build. Build 2016 is taking...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 03/29/2016

Guess who thinks hackathons are important? Your future boss, that’s who!

Collaborative problem solving. Laser-sharp focus. Stressful deadlines. These are just a few of the...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 03/24/2016

Debug your Xamarin Apps with the Visual Studio Android Emulator

Yes, it can be difficult to debug Android apps on Windows. The good news is, it doesn't have to be!...

Author: Gavin Gear - MSFT Date: 03/23/2016

Looking for hackathon ideas? Tap into human biology!

Spend five minutes chatting with the winners of the MakeMIT 2016 hackathon, and you’ll immediately...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 03/23/2016

Join the ranks of these inventive Imagine Cup Earth first-round winners

A few months ago, we announced a rare and fun opportunity for students to learn to code with NASA...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 03/03/2016

Get Rolling with Raspberry Pi and Windows 10 in 5 Minutes

If you’ve got an upcoming hackathon to attend, or just want to build something cool, you’ll want to...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 02/19/2016

Build it, run it, host it on Azure - make a Web game live in under an hour!

Grab your PC device of choice and learn how to build a web game in real time, step by step using...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 02/10/2016

Xamarin is taking over mobile app development. Don’t get left behind.

Want to learn how to build compelling and beautiful native iOS, Android & Windows apps quickly...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 02/09/2016

Learn Xamarin. Land your dream job.

If you’re looking to bolster your resume so you can make yourself more attractive to prospective...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 02/08/2016

Win a trip to the Imagine Cup World Finals with new Hello Cloud Machine Learning activities!

Master cloud computing with Microsoft Azure and you could win $1,000! Did you know that every month...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 02/01/2016

What would Satya Nadella think of your great idea? Enter Imagine Cup to find out!

Great news! We are thrilled to announce that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will return to the Imagine...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 01/28/2016

Tune into Jan. 26 #ImagineChat on Periscope and become a Xamarin Jedi master

Are you a student developer who wants to create awesome cross-platform apps and games for iOS,...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 01/19/2016

Build native iOS and Android apps for free with Xamarin and Visual Studio

Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Pierce Boggan, Student Program Manager at Xamarin....

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 01/11/2016

Microsoft Azure tutorial: How to upload a website to the cloud via FTP

Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Almir Vuk, a Microsoft Student Partner who attends...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 12/22/2015

Beginners welcome: Sister-and-brother duo dominate coding competition

Think you’re too young to make games? Think again. Sister and brother Connie (12) and Jonathan...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 12/16/2015

Want to see your Imagine Cup idea funded? Follow in Team Prognosis’ footsteps!

Way back in August, well before Team Prognosis spent a week on Microsoft campus getting a crash...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 12/15/2015

Get your personal coding assistant

As a student, search engines, web forums & technical blogs have always been your best friends to...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 12/11/2015

Don’t change the world – hack it

A hundred students at Cascade High School in Everett, Wash., were treated to a Monday morning dose...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 12/08/2015

Creating cool games is fast, easy and free with new coding kits from Microsoft Imagine

Looking forward to the holiday break? All that free time off from school presents the perfect...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 12/08/2015

From MSP to Microsoft FTE – Maria Luna is living her dream, in the cloud

Who gets their dream job as their first job? Microsoft Student Partner Maria Luna feels extremely...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 12/07/2015

Want to start your own gaming studio? First stop - Imagine Cup!

John Brengman, leader of Team Radication, presenting their project Sanitarium at the Dundee Science...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 11/24/2015

Fastest way to turn your idea into a biz? Enter Imagine Cup!

Dimitris Iakovakis, Vicky Bikia, Despina Efthymiadou and Konstantinos Mavrodis have returned to...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 11/23/2015

After a full day of business training, Dimitris Iakovakis, Vicky Bikia, Despina Efthymiadou and...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 11/19/2015

Microsoft Ability Bootcamp buoys Team Prognosis into the future of their app

Dimitris Iakovakis, Vicky Bikia, Despina Efthymiadou and Konstantinos Mavrodis loved every second of...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 11/18/2015

Check out the Newest Hello Cloud Activity and your October Winner!

Meet your October Hello Cloud winner! With thousands of students registered from across the globe,...

Author: Aman [MSFT] Date: 11/16/2015

Focus on problems, not solutions, to win hackathons!

Dang Pham, Bowen Baker, Henry Wu, Mark Wang of Team Kinarty In just 24 hours, Dang Pham, Bowen...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 11/05/2015

What’s the secret to winning hackathons? A great idea, 22 hours without sleep and Microsoft Azure

Empty energy drink cans stack up on desks. Crumpled food wrappers litter hallways. Humans slightly...

Author: Student Developer Evangelism Team Date: 11/03/2015

Big Idea: Plan and Design Deadlines Extended!

Big Idea: Plan is upon us, and we've got some exciting news for you: we're extending the deadline...

Author: Aman [MSFT] Date: 10/28/2015

Meet your September Hello Cloud winner!

Meet your September Hello Cloud winner! We live in a time when technology is changing at an...

Author: Aman [MSFT] Date: 10/23/2015

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