Winners Announced: Azure Hack for Wellness

The nature of work has changed. The move to hybrid jobs is underway, and the developer community is uniquely equipped to reimagine experiences that enrich and fulfill employees’ wellness. Over 200 developers participated in the Microsoft Azure Hack for Wellness virtual hackathon where the event specifically focused on using Azure services to help organizations support their members' well beings. Organizations could be businesses, schools, or communities. As a bonus, applications that integrate into Microsoft Teams were eligible for additional prize.

See below for the top 3 winning projects:

1st Place: Rest Azzure

Created by: Nefertiti Bourne, Ed Hart, Marcos A Oliva

A mobile app that connects with MS Teams and chatbot and dashboard.

2nd Place: Feeling Well

Created by: Zechen Lu, Amina Fong

Feeling Well incentivizes employees to take breaks for developing wellness by offering monthly rewards based on the amount of breaks they take.

3rd place: Outstanding Meetings

Created by: Rupesh Kurvankattil, Tariku Tessema, Steve Jones

Motivates individuals in the workspace to practice healthy habits by standing up during meetings.

Thank You

On behalf of the Microsoft U.S. Azure team, I'd like to thank all of the participants, and congratulate the winners on a great job!

Thank you to the judges who volunteered their time to give back to the community! Special thanks to Kendall Roden, Nicole Herskowitz, Rajmohan Rajagopalan, Scott Prather, Tomomi Imura, Uthappa Kattera Chengappa

Coming up

There are two more virtual hackathon events going on right now! Take a look and feel free to sign up for one or more of these events!

• Microsoft Azure Trial Hackathon on DEV - What's the most interesting thing you can do with a free Azure trial? Submissions due March 8, 2022. Open to global audiences. 
• Microsoft US Azure AI Hack for Humanitarian Action - Build for disaster response, refugees and displaced people, human rights, or the needs of women and children with Azure AI. Submissions due March 28, 2022. Open to U.S. residents.