We are excited to invite you to participate in this year’s Powerful Devs Conference + Hack Together, starting on February 12, 2025. The conference will be followed by a two-week Hack Together, ending on February 28, 2025. Join us to unleash your creativity and build innovating solutions! In collaboration with the Power Platform community, our goal is to create an unparalleled experience for developers seeking to harness the full capabilities of the Power Platform for enterprise application development.

About Powerful Devs Conference

In our one-day online Powerful Devs Conference on February 12, 2025, we will share how developers can leverage the Power Platform to build applications smarter, faster, and with less effort. We’ll explore how the Power Platform – from Power Apps and Power Automate to Dataverse, AI Builder, and Copilot Studio – enables you to create powerful, AI-centric enterprise solutions. Discover how AI and Copilot are transforming app development, allowing you to build sophisticated, secure applications that drive business value. You’ll have the opportunity to connect with industry recognized Pro Dev influencers, Microsoft Cloud Advocates, trusted and diverse community leaders, and members of the Power Platform team.

Our incredible hosts, Scott Durow and Kendra Springer, who bring their expertise, energy and passion to the stage will guide you through a day packed with insightful sessions. The day kicks off with a keynote by Leon Welicki as he dives into the world of intelligent apps and processes and explores how professional developers can leverage the Power Platform and AI to build secure, enterprise-level solutions. This will then be followed by an incredible lineup of sessions from learning how to harness generative AI in Copilot Studio to building cross-platform apps with Dataverse and .NET MAUI and even scaling solutions for millions of users. Our agenda is designed to inspire and equip developers at every level.

Don’t miss this chance to see how the Power Platform empowers you to build the future of enterprise applications!

The full list of sessions can be viewed here.

About Powerful Devs Hack Together

The Powerful Devs Hack Together is a 2-week global online hackathon where you’ll have the opportunity to apply what you’ve learned from the conference to build smarter, faster solutions with less effort. This will run from February 13-28, 2025 at https://aka.ms/PowerfulDevs/Hack. Be sure to star the repo!

Hack Together is open to anyone who wants to explore the endless possibilities of using the Power Platform for enterprise app development. It doesn’t matter if you’re a beginner, advanced maker, admin or a professional developer – all are welcome! Check out solutions submitted from the last Hack Together and get inspired to build something that’s innovative with AI.

We’ll have additional sessions during the Hack Together covering AI, automation, security, extensibility and so much more. These sessions will inspire you to get your creative juices flowing and help you turn your ideas into impactful solutions.

You can register here for both the Conference and Hack Together sessions!

Prizes and categories

Yes, we have prizes for the 8 winning projects from the Hack Together in the categories listed below! Each winning team will receive a cash prize of $550! Projects will be evaluated by a panel of judges comprised of Microsoft engineers, product managers, and developer advocates. Judging criteria will include innovation, impact, technical usability, and alignment with each corresponding hackathon category listed here.

• Best Overall
• Best in Power
• Best in Integrations
• Best in Automation
• Best in Applications
• Best in Agents
• Best in Pages
• Best in AI

Learn more about the rules and regulations in this video:

How can you participate?

To participate in Hack Together, you must register for the event at https://aka.ms/powerfuldevs/register. Registering for any of the sessions counts as a registration for the hackathon. You will also need to have your own access to a Microsoft 365 account with a Power Platform license. Once you have registered and have access to the Power Platform, you can start building your solution! We’ve created a Learn Collection to help you get started: https://aka.ms/PowerfulDevs/Learn.

You should also join the Hack Together community here by starring the repo! We will be communicating here regarding further information and updates related to the hack, including Office Hours, Session Q & A, Project Submission Guidelines, Winner Announcements, and more! You can also find getting starting and learning resources on this page, and you will submit your final solution here.

Introduce yourself and join the conversation at https://aka.ms/PowerfulDevs/Hack/Discussions to ask questions, share ideas, and get feedback from Microsoft experts and other participants. You can look for teammates for the Hack Together as well!

Your team can then submit your solution in GitHub Issues at any time before February 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM PST. You need to provide a short video demo of your solution, a brief description of the problem statement, the solution overview, and any other relevant details. You can submit your project using the Project Submission Form. Project submission guidelines can be found in the GitHub Repo at aka.ms/PowerfulDevs/Hack.

So, what are you waiting for? Register now and start hacking! We can’t wait to see what you create! 😊

If you’re looking for more info about the event, check out our site for all the details: aka.ms/powerfuldevs.