Build intelligent solutions. Win up to $10,000. Shape what’s next.
Keeping up the momentum from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference in Vienna, it’s time to join the Microsoft Fabric FabCon Global Hackathon!
Unleash the power of Microsoft Fabric to create real-world AI and analytics solutions. Whether you're a seasoned data professional or just starting out, this is your chance to innovate, learn, and win.
The hackathon welcomes participants of all skill levels; from beginners to seasoned data professionals. You can participate solo or form a team of up to three members.
- Register now at https://aka.ms/FabConHackRegister
- Complete the Microsoft Fabric & FabCon Hackathon Skilling Plan
- Choose a category and start building! To build your solutions on Microsoft Fabric you will need Fabric Capacity. If you do not have one, follow these instructions to create one.
- Submit your project any time before November 3rd, 11:59 PM PST. Provide a brief description of the project, the solution overview, short video demo of your solution, a link to a project repository on GitHub and an attestation to the completion of the Skilling Plan. You can submit your solution here.
- 📣 Winners will be announced the week of November 10, 2025.
Entrants must create a Microsoft Fabric data solution that fits within one of the following categories:
Build a complete solution that uses Fabric's advanced capabilities such as Data Agents, integration with AI Foundry, or Copilot Studio. It could also include building retrieval augmented generation (RAG) apps with the Eventhouse as your vector store, forecasting, anomaly detection, or custom ML models trained in Fabric. The goal is to show how Fabric’s AI capabilities can be combined to build something intelligent and grounded in real data.
- Fabric Features: Data Agents, Building Custom ML Models, integration with AI Foundry/Copilot Studio
- Judges are looking for: Innovation, AI integration, demo clarity
Create responsive systems that ingest, monitor, and act on real-time data. A solution here could connect to live data sources such as Event Hubs, Kafka, or CDC-enabled databases through Fabric’s Real-Time Hub. 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. The focus is on showing how real-time data can be used to make decisions, detect issues, and respond quickly.
- Fabric Features: Real-Time Intelligence, Eventstreams, Eventhouse, Real
- Judges are looking for: realtime data sources integration, Realtime data as AI input, realtime dashboards
Showcase full Fabric AI capabilities and how they support automation and insight. A solution might use Copilot to build pipelines or generate visuals from natural language, Data Agents to enable conversational analytics, or AI Functions to summarize, classify, or translate data. AutoML and SynapseML may support model training. The aim is to show how Fabric’s AI features help users work faster, prepare data more easily, and uncover useful insights.
- Fabric Features: Copilot, Data Agents, AI Functions, AI Shortcut Transformation, Stand-alone Copilot
- Judges are looking for: Productivity, cost-effectiveness
Create an analytics solution that connects to Operational Databases on Azure or on Microsoft Fabric. This could be either by connecting o Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, or Azure PostgreSQL using Mirroring, CDC, pipelines or Dataflows Gen2; or se Microsoft Fabric’s native databases: Fabric SQL Database for relational workloads and Fabric Cosmos DB Database for NoSQL scenarios.
- Fabric Features: Mirroring, Fabric SQL Database,Fabric Cosmos DB, GraphQL Endpoint
- Judges are looking for: Integration with external datasources on Azure, Using operational databases in Fabric for developer applications
Build a complete solution that uses pen Mirroring to replicate external data into Fabric. Showcasing how schema changes and updates are handled automatically. The focus is on simplifying ingestion from any source using open mirroring and making external data ready for analytics and insights.
- Fabric Features: Open Mirroring
- Judges are looking for: Data integration with Open Mirroring, demo clarity
Total prize pool: $10,000 USD Winners will be featured on Microsoft’s blog and social media.
| Prize Category | Prize | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Prize | $2500 | Best overall solution with real-world impact and innovative use of AI in Fabric |
| Best AI Application | $1500 | Uses Data Agents, integration with AI Foundry/Copilot Studio, Custom ML/AI solution |
| Best Use of Real-Time Intelligence | $1500 | Connects to live data sources and showcases real-time analytics |
| Best Use of AI Features | $1500 | Leverages Copilot, Data Agents, AI Functions, AutoML, SynapseML for automation and insights |
| Best Analytics Solutions using Azure Databases or databases in Fabric | $1500 | Uses Azure SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, or Fabric native databases |
| Best Use of Open Mirroring | $1500 | Demonstrates seamless ingestion and analytics using mirrored external data |
Submit your project any time before November 3rd, 11:59 PM PST. Projects will be evaluated by Microsoft product managers and developer advocates across four categories, and each contributes 25% to the final score:
| Judging Criteria | What Judges are Looking For |
|---|---|
| Hackathon Category Alignment | Does the solution clearly fit one or more of the five official categories? |
| Innovation & Impact | Is the solution original, relevant, and solving a real-world problem that benefits others? |
| Documentation & Reproducibility | Is the GitHub repo well-documented and easy to follow? Can others replicate the solution? |
| Video Demonstration | Does the video clearly show how the solution works, especially its use of Microsoft Fabric + AI? |
- Project: Newly built Microsoft Fabric project aligned with one of the listed categories.
- Code: URL to your GitHub code repository. If the repository is private, grant read access to the GitHub users @toolboc and @jcardif before submitting.
- Demo Video: Link to a 3–5-minute public video to YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook demonstrating your project in action.
- Access: Working link to your project (website, demo, or test build) for judging.
Submit your Project Here. Winners will be announced during the week of November 10, 2025.
👉 Join the Hackathon Discord Channel to connect with experts and peers to get help on your project.
Join these livestream (and on-demand) sessions to learn how to build AI-powered data and analytics solutions with Microsoft Fabric and get inspired to start hacking! All the sessions will be at 09:00 AM (PST)
| Date | Live Stream Topic | Live Link |
|---|---|---|
| September 22 | FabCon Global Hackathon Kick-off: Do More with AI and Microsoft Fabric | Join Live |
| September 25 | Bring all your data from everywhere into OneLake with Microsoft Fabric | Join Live |
| September 29 | Building Real Data Solutions with Real-Time Intelligence in Fabric | Join Live |
| October 6 | Empowering AI Driven App Development with Fabric Databases | Join Live |
| October 9 | Turning Data into Insights with Copilot and Data Agents in Microsoft Fabric | Join Live |
| October 16 | Wrap up - How to Submit your hack & Next steps | Join Live |
Get ready to innovate, collaborate, and have fun. Whether you're building solo or with a team, we can't wait to see what you create. Need some inspiration? Check out these past hackathon winners to get some inspiration for your project:
- The Microsoft Data + AI Kenya Hack: Winners
- The Microsoft Fabric and AI Learning Hackathon: Winners
- The Microsoft Fabric Global AI Hack 2024: Winners
👉 Join the FabCon Hackathon and start building with Microsoft Fabric today!
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