IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (THESE “TERMS AND
CONDITIONS”) BEFORE ENTERING THE CONTEST.
THIS IS A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND MICROSOFT OPERATIONS
PTE LTD (“MICROSOFT”) ESTABLISHING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH YOU ARE
ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST.
BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD,
AND AGREE TO ABIDE BY, THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
·
Organiser: The Contest is organised by Microsoft.
Microsoft Operations Pte Ltd
1 Marina Boulevard,
#22-01 One Marina Boulevard
Singapore 018989
+65 6888 8899
·
Eligibility:
a.
General
Eligibility Requirements
·
All residents
of Bangladesh,
Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam are eligible to participate in the Contest ("Participant").
·
If you are
below 18 years of age (21 years of age in Singapore), you must obtain the
appropriate permissions and releases from your parent or legal guardian in
order to participate in the Contest.
b.
Not eligible: The
following are not eligible to participate in the Contest:
·
Employees of
Microsoft and its related corporations and their immediate family members.
·
Employees of
any party which is directly involved in organizing, promoting or conducting the
Contest and their immediate family members.
·
Employees of
external auditors who are directly involved in the Contest.
c.
Specific Eligibility Requirements:
·
The Participant must provide a mailing address
from one of the participating countries.
·
Contest
Specifics:
(a)
CONTEST
DESCRIPTION
This is a skill-based contest and
chance plays no part in the determination of the winners.
The Contest aims to provide
participants access to a cloud-based learning experience focusing on Microsoft
Technologies and products.
(b)
ELIGIBLE
COURSES
Course Name
|
Points Available1
|
Bonus2
|
Windows Azure for IT Pros Jump
Start
|
109
|
|
Windows Azure IaaS Deep Dive
Jump Start
|
70
|
15
|
System Center 2012 R2: ITIL for
IT Pros
|
118
|
15
|
The Microsoft Hybrid Cloud:
Best Practices Guidance
|
64
|
15
|
Windows Server 2012 R2
Essentials
|
78
|
15
|
What’s New in VDI for Windows
Server 2012 R2 and 8.1
|
27
|
10
|
System Center 2012 R2 Advisor
for IT Pros
|
47
|
15
|
System Center 2012 R2
Operations Manager Management Pack Design
|
57
|
15
|
Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage
Jump Start: New Choices
|
61
|
15
|
Windows Server 2012 R2: Server
Networking
|
23
|
5
|
Windows Server 2012 R2: Server
Management and Automation
|
41
|
5
|
Windows Server 2012 R2: Web and
Application Platform
|
14
|
5
|
Windows Server 2012 R2
Virtualization
|
37
|
10
|
Windows Server 2012 R2 Access
and Information Protection
|
23
|
5
|
Server Virtualization with
Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center
|
135
|
15
|
IT Service Management with
System Center 2012 R2
|
53
|
10
|
Automation & Self-Service
with System Center 2012 R2
|
54
|
10
|
Infrastructure Monitoring with
System Center 2012 R2
|
32
|
5
|
App Performance Monitoring with
System Center 2012 R2
|
19
|
10
|
Designing Applications for
Windows Azure Jump Start
|
61
|
15
|
Enterprise Developer Camp Jump
Start
|
64
|
15
|
Windows Azure Storage - Design
and Implementation Jump Start
|
29
|
10
|
Mobile Apps to IoT: Connected
Devices with Windows Azure
|
52
|
15
|
Platform for Hybrid Cloud with
SQL Server 2014 Jump Start
|
70
|
15
|
Data Insights Immersion
|
91
|
15
|
1
Maximum points available for completing all modules in the course
2
Bonus Points Awarded for Course Completion
All eligible entrants will be
judged using the criteria described below to determine winners.
(c)
START
AND END DATES
The “JOIN THE TECH ELITE APAC 2014”
Contest commences 5 March 2014 12:01 AM
(Singapore time) and ends 30 April
2014 11:59 PM (Singapore time) (the “Contest
Term”).
(d)
ENTRY
CRITERIA
To be eligible for judging, an
entry must meet the following content/technical requirements:
·
Sign
in / Register for free on MVA platform with a Microsoft account (formerly
Windows Live ID). There is no minimum level of technical expertise required. To
access the MVA portal, click on: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/Home.aspx
·
Learn
and gain as many points as possible by completing Eligible Courses from the
list above during the Contest Term.
·
Register
at and download a free evaluation copy of Windows
Server 2012 R2
or System
Center 2012 R2
from TechNet Evaluation Center.
·
How
prize winners will be selected:
4.1 JUDGING CRITERIA
As this Contest is based on a
points system, a panel of qualified judges will review the results, based on
the MVA reporting tool.
In each of the countries there will be 3 winners identified at the end of the Contest Term. The location
of the mailing address recorded in a Participant’s MVA profile will determine
that Participant’s country of residence (“Country
of Residence”). A Participant may compete only in that Participant’s
Country of Residence.
These are the rules that will be
taken into consideration for the Contest and are applicable to each
participating country:
Rule 1: The 3 winners will be the 3
Participants that earned the highest number of points by completing Eligible Courses.
Rule 2: In the event of a tie
between eligible entries, the Participant that completed the score first will
be ranked higher.
Rule 3: The Participant must
register in and download a free evaluation copy of either Windows Server 2012 R2 or System
Center 2012 R2 from TechNet Evaluation Center.
Rule 4: No extra points will be
validated for taking the same course in other languages.
Restrictions: 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.
The decisions of the judges are
final and binding. The decision will be made on or around 7th May, 2014.
4.2 Microsoft reserves the right to select
another prize winner if the original prize winner is subsequently disqualified
from the Contest.
·
Prizes:
The following prizes will be
awarded to the top 3 Participants:
1st Prize: a Nokia
Lumia 1520
2nd Prize: an IronKeyTM
Workspace W300 (Microsoft-Certified for Windows To Go) 32BG USB flash disk
3rd Prize: a
Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse
The odds of winning will
depend on the number of eligible entries received and the skill level of each
Participant.
Microsoft will only award one (1) prize per Winner.
·
How
prize winners will be notified:
All potential winners will be notified via the
e-mail address, the phone number, or mailing address listed on the
Participant’s Microsoft account / Microsoft Virtual Academy profile within
seven (7) days following the determination of potential winners. Winners will
only be publicly announced after the top 3 winners have been confirmed
contactable and have completed all steps necessary to be award the prizes.
If the notification sent is returned as
undeliverable, or a winning Participant is otherwise unreachable within a
reasonable time period (determined in Microsoft’s sole discretion) for any
reason, Microsoft reserves the right to disqualify that Participant.
If there is a dispute as to the identity of
the eligible winner, Microsoft will consider the winner to be the authorized
account holder of the e-mail address used to enter the Contest.
Microsoft may require potentially winning
Participants (or Participants’ designated parent/legal guardian) to sign a
declaration of eligibility, use, indemnity, and liability / publicity release.
If a Participant (or the designated parent/legal guardian) does not sign and
return these required forms within the time period specified in the winner
notification message, Microsoft reserves the right to disqualify the Participant.
The winners’ names will be posted on the
Contest website, www.jointhetechelite.asia for approximately one month
following the notification to winning Participants.
·
Claiming
a prize:
Microsoft will deliver the prize to the winner. The method of prize
delivery will be included in the winner notification.
Only a winner may accept a prize. Designating another person as the
winner is not permitted. If a winner is
unable or unwilling to accept the prize, Microsoft reserves the right to
disqualify that Participant.
·
Entry forms:
a.
Microsoft is
not responsible for printing or typographical errors in any Contest-related
materials or for registrations, entry forms or submissions that are incomplete,
lost or misdirected, fail to enter into the processing system, or are
processed, reported, or transmitted late or incorrectly or are lost for any
reason including electronic, computer, telephone, paper transfer, mail system,
human or other error; including inability to access any website associated with
the Contest. Proof of online submission
shall not constitute proof of receipt by Microsoft.
b.
If any
information provided on an entry form is found to be misleading or inaccurate,
that entry shall be deemed invalid.
·
Goods as prizes: Where the
prizes under the Contest are items/goods, these shall be subject to
availability and may not be substituted for cash. Microsoft reserves the right to offer an
alternative prize of equivalent monetary value, without prior notice. If prizes involve manufactured items, these
shall be subject to the manufacturer's terms and conditions for warranty,
service and maintenance, and Microsoft does not accept any responsibility for
them. In particular, prizes are provided
by Microsoft "AS IS" without warranties of any kind, including
warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality, non-infringement of
intellectual property, or fitness for any particular purpose.
·
Taxes, etc.:
Taxes and other levies imposed by any relevant applicable government or
tax authority, as well as other costs including insurance and incidental costs,
that may be levied or incurred on the prizes shall be fully borne by the prize
winner.
·
Your submission’s fitness for publication: By
entering the Contest, you expressly agree that your MVA profile information
(such as profile picture), comments, and score (“Submission”) do not contain
any image or content that is unlawful, libellous, slanderous, defamatory or
invasive of another person's right of privacy or right of publicity, or that
Microsoft may reasonably deem harmful, vulgar, obscene, derogatory,
pornographic, abusive, harassing, threatening, hateful, objectionable with
respect to race, religion, creed, national origin or gender, or otherwise unfit
for publication. Microsoft shall not be
liable in any way for any Submission. Microsoft shall have no obligation to
monitor your Submission, but may do so at its discretion. If, Microsoft, in its sole and absolute
discretion, considers your Submission inappropriate or unsuitable for
publication, Microsoft may remove your Submission from the Contest.
·
Representations and warranties
relating to your Submission(s): You represent and
warrant to Microsoft that (i) you are the sole and exclusive owner of your
Submission(s), or you have all right and authority to grant the rights in your
Submission(s) to Microsoft, its affiliates and/or its agents and contractors;
(ii) if your Submission(s) contains a photograph or a video, you have obtained
any and all releases necessary from all persons depicted in the photograph or
video, including, without limitation, releases in the context of rights of
privacy and rights of publicity; and (iii) if a
person depicted in the photograph or video is under the age of 18 years, you
have obtained all appropriate permissions and releases from the parent or legal
guardian of the person in question, to submit the Submission(s) for the
Contest.
·
Promotional activities: You agree
to have your name and place of residence used for promotional purposes at Microsoft’s
sole discretion (online and in print, or in any other media, in connection with
the Contest). If you are a prize winner,
except where prohibited by law, you consent to the use of your name, photo
and/or likeness, biographical information, winning entry, Submissions(s) and
statements attributed to you (if true) for advertising and promotional purposes
without any compensation or notice you.
·
Microsoft’s rights in your Submission:
a.
Microsoft will
not return any of your Submissions, and your Submissions become the property of
Microsoft.
b.
You grant to
Microsoft and/or its affiliates a non-exclusive, fully transferable, perpetual,
irrevocable, royalty free, fully paid-up right and license:
·
to adapt,
edit, modify, publish, promote, reproduce, distribute, publicly display your
Submission and make derivative works based on it in any and all media,
including any compilation, as Microsoft and/or its affiliates see fit for any
reason,
·
to identify
you as the author of the Submission, and
·
to authorize
others to do any of the things described above without any obligation to notify
or compensate you.
c.
Without
limiting the generality of the provisions above, Microsoft and/or any of its
affiliates shall have an exclusive right to publish and use any winning
Submission(s) in print and/or electronic form for advertising and promotion of
Microsoft’s products, for exhibition, and for both commercial and
non-commercial products and publications, including without limitation, using,
downloading, adapting, reformatting, editing and/or resizing the winning
Submission(s) as may be necessary and to authorize others to do any of the
above without any obligation to notify or compensate the prize winner(s).
·
Limitation of liability; Indemnity: To the
maximum extent permitted by law, Microsoft and its parent company, affiliates,
related corporations, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees and agents
accepts no responsibility whatsoever for any damage, loss, death or personal
injury that may occur as a consequence of your participation in the
Contest. You undertake to indemnify and
keep Microsoft and its parent company, affiliates, related corporations,
subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees and agents harmless and
indemnified against any loss, damage, claims, costs and expenses which may be
incurred or suffered by any or each of them due to your breach of any of these
Terms and Conditions and/or arising from your participation in the Contest.
·
Microsoft’s decision final and binding. In the
event of any dispute arising from the Contest or relating to the interpretation
of these Terms and Conditions, the decision of Microsoft on all matters
pertaining to the Contest shall be final and binding on all parties. No correspondence will be entertained.
·
Privacy. The information submitted by you during the
registration process or otherwise when participating in the Contest may include
your email address, ID number and other personal information (“Personal Information”). Except as provided elsewhere in these Terms
and Conditions, your Personal Information will only be used by Microsoft in
accordance with applicable data protection laws and regulations and Microsoft’s
privacy policy referred to below, for the purposes of administering your
participation in the Contest. For more
details on Microsoft's privacy policy, please see: http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx.
·
No warranties.
a.
Microsoft and
any agents or contractors (if any) that it may use in the execution and
management of the Contest do not warrant or represent (either directly or
indirectly):
(a)
that
participation in and/or access to the whole or any part of the Contest, Contest
materials, content, information and/or functions contained in them will be
provided on an uninterrupted, timely, secure and error-free basis; or
(b)
that no
computer viruses shall be transmitted or that no damage shall occur to your
computer system as a result of any online activity of the Contest (if any).
b.
Any material
downloaded or otherwise obtained through the Internet is done at your own
discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your
computer system or loss of data resulting from such download.
c.
Microsoft does
not warrant or make any representations regarding the use, validity, accuracy,
or reliability of, or the results of the use of, or otherwise in respect of the
materials on the Contest site or any sites linked to the Contest site.
·
No use of unlicensed software. You
declare and warrant to Microsoft that in participating in the Contest, you
shall not use any unauthorised or unlicensed software. If you are found doing so, you shall be disqualified
from the Contest.
·
Microsoft’s IP rights not affected.
Nothing in the Contest shall affect any intellectual property rights of
Microsoft in any product or service which may be the subject matter of the
Contest.
·
No cheating tolerated. You
acknowledge and agree that no form of cheating will be tolerated. If you are found cheating, as determined in
the sole and absolute discretion of the Microsoft, you will immediately be
disqualified from the Contest. Cheating
includes, but is not limited to, using multiple identification numbers,
tampering with, hacking of the Contest site (if any), participating in the
Contest without meeting the eligibility requirements, using any automated
software or device to gain an advantage during the Contest, use of the Contest
beyond the defined rules of the Contest, attempting to disable or overwhelm any
of Microsoft's websites or the Contest site (if any), attempting to disrupt any
portion of the Contest, including but not limited to, allowing somebody else to
use your Personal Information, or tampering with the entry process. ANY ATTEMPT BY A PERSON TO DELIBERATELY
DAMAGE ANY OF MICROSOFT'S WEBSITES OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE
CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS; AND SHOULD SUCH AN
ATTEMPT BE MADE, MICROSOFT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH
PERSON TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
·
No waiver. Microsoft's failure to enforce any provision
of these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of that or of any
other provision.
·
Modification of these Terms and Conditions, etc.: Microsoft
may modify these Terms and Conditions and/or withdraw or terminate the Contest at any
stage based on events beyond the control of Microsoft, including but not
limited to war, riot, fire, act of God, strikes or lockouts (“Force Majeure”) without any liability
towards anyone. If Microsoft withdraws or terminates the Contest early due to
Force Majeure, Microsoft reserves the right to select winners based on the
criteria specified above from among all eligible entries received prior to the
withdrawal or termination of the Contest.
·
Laws: The
Contest shall be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of Singapore.
The Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law, and is
subject to all applicable laws.
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