{"id":1531,"date":"2018-08-02T17:29:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T01:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/officedevblogs.wpengine.com\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2018-08-02T17:29:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T01:29:52","slug":"2018-office-app-awards-nominations-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/2018-office-app-awards-nominations-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Office App Awards-Nominations now open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1532\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2018\/07\/App-award-banner-1024x170.png\" alt=\"Office App award banner with first place cup\" width=\"1024\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2018\/07\/App-award-banner-1024x170.png 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2018\/07\/App-award-banner-300x50.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2018\/07\/App-award-banner-768x128.png 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2018\/07\/App-award-banner-1536x256.png 1536w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2018\/07\/App-award-banner.png 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Across the Office platform, we\u2019ve seen an amazing set of new applications developed, spanning from Office-integrated mobile applications, to new SharePoint web parts, to bots and integrations. The Office App Awards is an opportunity to feature some of the best applications and integrations you\u2019ve seen. Winners receive promotion in <u><a href=\"https:\/\/appsource.microsoft.com\/en-us\/\">AppSource<\/a><\/u> and recognition at our annual <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/ignite\">Microsoft Ignite<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>While nominations for 2018 are now closed, we look forward to hearing from you in our 2019 App Award competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which apps are eligible for recognition?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Newly published or updated on or after January 1, 2018<\/li>\n<li><u> <\/u>Hosted in <a href=\"https:\/\/appsource.microsoft.com\/en-us\/\">AppSource<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For purposes of this contest, Office Integrations are defined as Office or SharePoint Add-ins published within AppSource, SharePoint Framework web parts or extensions, Microsoft Teams integrations, or any application that connects to Office 365 via Microsoft Graph<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Categories for 2018 Office App Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Overall Office App<\/li>\n<li>Best User Experience<\/li>\n<li>Most Business Value<\/li>\n<li>Best Office Integration<\/li>\n<li>People&#8217;s Choice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How will your app be judged?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Judging will be done by Microsoft teams and apps will be scored based on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How well it integrates and leverages the power and context of the Office platforms<\/li>\n<li>Its ability to enhance business value through organizational and individual productivity<\/li>\n<li>Overall user experience and quality<\/li>\n<li>Specific judging criteria for each category are listed in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.graph.office.net\/prod\/office\/2018MicrosoftOfficeAppAwardsContest.pdf\">Official Rules<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>When will Microsoft announce the results?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Awards will be announced at an event during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/ignite\">Microsoft Ignite<\/a> in Orlando FL, September 24-28, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Results will be <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\">posted<\/a> after the conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How do I submit a nomination? <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=v4j5cvGGr0GRqy180BHbR89qy0dDF-1IoYUb4OvsC8pUNFpGVDU1SFpKMjJIRFE2N05SM0JIOEwwNy4u\">Submit <\/a>your nomination by August 31, 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across the Office platform, we\u2019ve seen an amazing set of new applications developed, spanning from Office-integrated mobile applications, to new SharePoint web parts, to bots and integrations. We\u2019d love to feature some of the best applications and integrations you\u2019ve seen, but we need your help. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69076,"featured_media":25159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[18,12],"class_list":["post-1531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-office-add-ins","tag-excel","tag-outlook"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Across the Office platform, we\u2019ve seen an amazing set of new applications developed, spanning from Office-integrated mobile applications, to new SharePoint web parts, to bots and integrations. 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