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The IT Challenge Competition asks students develop, deploy, and maintain rock-solid IT systems that are efficient, functional, robust and secure. You know the ones that send hackers home with their tails between their legs. The IT Challenge helps prepare students to be IT professionals, testing their ability to interpret customer needs, and manage configurations that require an intimate understanding of how all the pieces of a network fit together.
Get a bit more info below, or hit up the Imagine Cup World Wide site to compete in the IT Challenge Competition.
Okay, here's how it works:
| STEP 1: |
Register on the Imagine Cup World Wide site, and complete the first challenge for Round 1. one of eight IT Challenge Quizzes. There are six (6) IT Challenge Quizzes that you can choose from. You must complete and pass at least one of these during one of the six (6) quiz periods. These are the dates of the quizzes:
Round 1 Quiz Dates.
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| Quiz 1 |
October 20, 2011 |
| Quiz 2 |
November 15, 2011 |
| Quiz 3 |
December 1, 2011 |
| Quiz 4 |
December 14, 2011 |
| Quiz 5 |
January 9, 2012 |
| Quiz 6 |
January 26, 2012 |
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| STEP 2: |
Take the Quiz of your choice during one of the Eight (8) timeslots offered. Check out the Imagine Cup Worldwide IT Challenge page for the specific times. As long as one of your scores is 15 or higher, you'll automatically advance to Round 2! |
| STEP 3: |
In Round 2, you'll compete against participants around the world in an essay-based case study submission. This case study will test your ability to reason through and describe the architecture and method of implementation of a Microsoft networking environment. Check the IT Challenge Facebook page for helpful hints! |
| STEP 4: |
The top competitors from Round 2 will advance to the Worldwide Finals in Sydney Australia, where you'll compete in a hands-on virtual lab to test your practical knowledge of IT solutions. |
A few things you should know:
- Each quiz can be taken as many times as you’d like, as long as it’s during the designated 24-hour period
- You’ll be given 60 minutes to complete each 30-question quiz
- The questions will test your knowledge around both, on-premise Microsoft technologies such as Windows 2008 R2, Hyper-V Virtualization, Exchange 2010, SharePoint 2010, Windows 7, System Center Operations Manager 2012, System Center Configuration Manager 2012, TMG 2010, UAG 2010, SQL 2008 R2, Office 2010, Lync 2012 as well as cloud-based Microsoft services such as Office 365, Windows Azure, and SQL Azure. Each quiz will have a unique blend of questions on each topic.
The good stuff: cash prizes!
The top finalists will receive these cash prizes:
First Place: $8,000
Second Place: $4,000
Third Place: $3,000