What to Build

Complete the Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge (Microsoft Fabric) and build a new Fabric solution that leverages Azure OpenAI services and falls into one of the following hackathon categories.

• Hackathon Categories:

  • Microsoft Fabric + AI Innovation

    • A solution that solves a real world problem with Microsoft Fabric by implementing any concept or collection of concepts related to Artificial Intelligence. 

    • This could include a document analysis service that uses AI Skills or an Azure OpenAI based solution to implement a retrieval augmented generation architecture, training and deployment of a custom object detection model, anomaly detection, predictive forecasting, or any other modern application of AI within Microsoft Fabric.
      
      

  • Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric

    • A solution that uses Real-Time Intelligence (RTI) in Microsoft Fabric  to solve a real world problem. 

    • RTI is all about data integration, so showcasing how you can use RTI to integrate data from multiple sources and make real-time decisions based on that data is key. Any good RTI solution would include real-time data processing, real-time analytics, real-time monitoring, real-time alerting, or any other real-time application within Microsoft Fabric. 

    • Using RTI as a source of data for your AI application is also a great way to showcase the power of RTI. Showcasing open-source integrations like Apache Kafka or AMQP, and showing cross-cloud or hybrid cloud integrations is also a plus, but not required.
      
      

  • Azure Database for PostgreSQL Integration

    • A real-world solution that uses Azure Database for PostgreSQL as an OLTP main transactional database and the transactional data has to be offloaded to Fabric for near real-time analytics. This could involve using Event streaming connector for Azure Database for PostgreSQL or other techniques such as Dataflows (Gen2), Notebooks, or Data Factory Pipelines. Data landing in Fabric can be used in near real-time intelligent scenarios such as anomaly detection, predictive maintenance and other predictive scenarios, or personalized recommendations amongst others.
      
      

  • SQL And AI Integration

    • A real-world solution that is built on Microsoft Fabric that leverages Azure SQL Database or SQL Server, and augmented by AI capabilities. This could involve using Mirroring, Eventstream's Change Data Capture (CDC) Connector for Azure SQL DB, or using ingestion techniques such as Dataflows (Gen2), Notebooks, Data Factory Pipelines, and AI-driven analytics and insights.
      

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  • Azure Cosmos DB + Microsoft Fabric Integration

    • A real-world solution that is built on Microsoft Fabric, leveraging Azure Cosmos DB. This could involve using Mirroring for enabling analytics/BI on Cosmos DB data, Eventstream's Change Data Capture (CDC) Connector for Cosmos DB, or using ingestion techniques such as Dataflows (Gen2), or Data Factory Pipelines.

    • Get started with Cosmos DB for free!
      

Important Notes:

• Additional consideration will be given if you are able to document how you were able to accomplish your solution using any of the available Copilots in Microsoft Fabric.
• Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge (Microsoft Fabric) opens on September 24, 2024 and must be completed by all team members by November 1, 2024. You will be required to list all team members who are part of the project on your submission form, including their Microsoft Learn usernames.

What to Submit

• Provide a URL to your code repository for judging and testing.

• If private, please share with testing@devpost.com and pdecarlo@microsoft.com 

• Include a video (about 3-5 minutes) that demonstrates your submission. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook Video and made public.

• Judges are not required to view videos beyond 5 minutes.

• Provide your and your teammates’ Microsoft Learn username(s). 

• Please note: all team members must complete the Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge (Microsoft Fabric).

Please check the Official Rules for full details.