Terms and Conditions for the JOIN THE TECH ELITE APAC 2014 Contest (the “Contest”)

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Join the Tech Elite Contest 2014

Got what it takes to be the Tech Elite?
Show the world you know what you're talking about!

We're giving a NOKIA LUMIA 1520 to the top Microsoft Virtual Academy points-earning Tech Elite of your country. Other great prizes also await. Terms & conditions apply. Contest ends 30 April 2014.

Prizes:
1st Prize: Nokia Lumia 1520
2nd Prize: IronKeyTM Workspace W300 (Microsoft- Certified for Windows To Go) 32BG USB flash disk
3rd Prize: Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse                                                        

With the cloud revolution in full swing, there's never been a greater need for live migration and responsive virtualization, dynamic and cost efficient storage, multi-tenant network virtualization, tight access control and data protection. Get to know how Microsoft Technologies deliver all these and more! Revolutionize your business and your career in IT.

Virtualization, live migration, and multi-hypervisor support

Provides an integrated and high-performance virtualization platform with a host of new capabilities including live migration compression and live migration with RDMA as well as integrated virtualization management across different hypervisors.

Access & Information Protection

Empowers users to be productive while maintaining control and security of corporate information with new capabilities including device registration, policy-based access control to corporate applications and data, and multi-factor authentication.

Storage transformation

Delivers breakthrough storage performance at a fraction of the cost with new capabilities, including automated storage tiering across hard disks and solid state drives, as well as improved SAN and file-based storage management.

Multitenant virtual networks

Builds on your existing network investments while enabling pooled, elastic network infrastructure. Includes network virtualization to abstract workloads from underlying network infrastructure while securely isolating separate network tenants.

4 simple steps

1. Download the FREE Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2 evaluations today and see these capabilities in action.
2. Sign in / Register on Microsoft Virtual Academy
3. Learn and complete the recommended MVA course tracks
4. Gain the highest total number of points

How does the winner get selected?

1. The 3 winners will be the 3 Participants that earned the highest number of points by completing Eligible Courses during the Contest Term (5 March to 30 April).
2. In the event of a tie between eligible entries, participants that completed the score first will be ranked higher.
3. Participants must register in and download a free evaluation copy of either Windows Server 2012 R2 or System Center 2012 R2 from TechNet Evaluation Center.
4. No extra points will be validated for taking the same course in other languages.
5. Only MVA points earned during the Contest Term will count toward the Participants' point total. Only TechNet Evaluation Center software registered and downloaded during the Contest Term will be counted. The Participant must present a copy of the TechNet Evaluation Software success notification email to qualify as a winner.

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