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You Make IT Smart

The You Make IT Smart campaign invites you to “Code – Play – Win”. Find out how to program your own spaceship game, win a free Xbox 360® Arcade console, download free software, complete free online learning courses or take part in competitions with great prizes.

Up to 150 Free Xbox 360 Arcade Consoles Waiting for You – Take Part Today and Win!

Microsoft Switzerland is giving away up to 150 free Xbox 360 Arcade consoles (maximum of one console per person) to inspire full-time students of Swiss educational institutions under public law to get hands-on experience in games development with Microsoft® XNA® Game Studio and practice technical or artistic skills in competitions and other activities. Another 50 Xbox 360 Arcade consoles will be awarded to Swiss educational institutions, making a total distribution of 200 Xbox 360 Arcade consoles! This is how you can win your own console:

Download free*** software!

Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance (MSDN AA) is an annual membership program for technical departments in the area of Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Design or a similar field. If your institution is an MSDN AA program member, the MSDN AA subscription provides you access to Microsoft platform, servers and developer tools software. You can download and install the software to your personal computer, please note that the software must be used for educational and research purposes only as defined in the license terms.

Swiss DreamSpark gives you direct access to basic development software titles free of charge. To be able to download software from DreamSpark, you must be studying at an accredited academic organization that is connected with the Swiss Authentication and Authentication Infrastructure from SWITCH.



*We will process the personal data and/or communication data provided by you within your e-mail submission in order to run and handle the competition and in conformance with our General data privacy rules. Please ensure that any personal data that you provide to us is accurate.

Please note that you must send us your entry from your personal e-mail address at the university or university of applied sciences at which you are studying. If you are studying at a vocational, high, secondary or primary school and your school hasn’t given you personal e-mail address, you may send your entry from your private e-mail address, but you must also send us a scanned copy of your student card.

**Microsoft Switzerland has no obligation to disclose any results, reasons, names or any other information connected with the competition (no correspondence). Competitors have no entitlement to reimbursement of any expenses they may have incurred in order to take part in the competition or to any remuneration whatsoever against Microsoft.

***Special terms for usage apply

No correspondence will be entered into concerning the competition. No recourse to legal action is permitted.


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