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How to Join Microsoft Student Ambassadors: Requirements, Tracks and Process

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The Microsoft Student Ambassadors program is a global extracurricular initiative for full-time university students aged 18 or older, offering benefits such as Azure credits, Microsoft 365, Visual Studio Enterprise, and vouchers. It is not an internship or certification and does not guarantee employment at Microsoft. Applicants register on the Microsoft website and receive a Contributor ID via email within 3 to 5 business days, along with access to a global Discord community. To complete onboarding, members must obtain a recent Microsoft credential and fulfill one of two contribution tracks: the Community Influencer Path, which requires reaching 250 Preferred Visitors on eligible Microsoft pages, or the Community Skiller Path, which requires participants to complete 1,000 modules through a Microsoft Learn Plan created by the candidate. Microsoft sends program invitations quarterly, typically in January, April, July, and October, and any incomplete activity carries over to the next round.

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