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A hackathon is a mishmash of two terms: “hacking” and “marathon.” Typically known as a coding competition that happens over a few days and involves sleep-deprived engineers, Microsoft’s Hackathon is different. All employees, not just coders or makers, bring their unique skill sets to a project.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/guidance/adoption/hackathons

A hackathon is a fun way to engage lots of people within your organization around a digital culture of change. The key objective is to develop sample apps and cultivate ideas to drive digital transformation. Teams come together, at the line of business or at the global scale, from different roles and departments to compete and create apps that ...

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/garage/blog/category/hackathons

Hackathon project mirrors courage, accelerates progress in the Microsoft Garage Residency. The project team of epilepsy data tracking app “MirrorHR” finds success and support in a Residency with The Garage. For seven years, Microsoft’s Hackathon has sparked new opportunities and given employees the creative space to champion innovative ...

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/garage/blog/2020/09/microsoft-hackathon-2020-grand...

Microsoft Hackathon 2020 Grand Prize Winner: Customizable digital assistant. What if you could train a digital assistant on what was important to you and teach it to do tasks, like look up today’s pollen count, book the next open local campsite, or alert you when an item goes on sale? The grand prize winning team of Microsoft Hackathon 2020 ...