Agenda

APEX MicroHack — 1-day hackathon (09:00 - 17:00)

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Team Structure

Aspect	Details
Team Size	Up to 5 members per team
Number of Teams	Flexible based on cohort

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Schedule Overview

Time	Block	Duration	Activity
09:00-10:00	Intro	60 min	Welcome, setup, workflow demo
10:00-11:00	Challenge 1	60 min	Requirements Capture
11:00-12:00	Challenge 2	60 min	Architecture Design
12:00-12:45	🍽️ Lunch	45 min	Break
12:45-13:30	Challenge 3	45 min	IaC Implementation & Deployment
13:30-14:15	Challenge 4	45 min	DR Curveball & Deployment
14:15-14:30	Checkpoint	15 min	Facilitator check-in and reset
14:30-15:00	Challenge 5	30 min	Load Testing
15:00-15:15	☕ Break	15 min	Rest & recharge
15:15-15:30	Challenge 6	15 min	Documentation
15:30-15:35	Challenge 7	5 min	Diagnostics
15:35-15:50	🎯 Prep	15 min	Presentation Preparation
15:50-16:50	Challenge 8	60 min	Team Showcase 🎤
16:50-17:00	Wrap-up	10 min	Leaderboard, cleanup, close

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Challenge Summary

Note

Block duration vs. task duration: Each schedule block includes time for coaching check-ins, transitions, and buffer. The “Duration” below is the recommended active working time for the challenge task itself. The remaining block time is for facilitator check-ins, setup, and transitions.

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#	Challenge	Duration	Points	Agent(s)
1	Requirements Capture	30 min	20	02-Requirements
2	Architecture Design	30 min	25	03-Architect, 04-Design
3	IaC Implementation & Deploy	45 min	25	05-IaC Planner, 06b-Bicep CodeGen/06t-Terraform CodeGen, 07b-Bicep Deploy/07t-Terraform Deploy
4	DR Curveball & Deploy	45 min	10	03-Architect, 04-Design, 06b-Bicep CodeGen/06t-Terraform CodeGen, 07b-Bicep Deploy/07t-Terraform Deploy
5	Load Testing	30 min	5	04-Design (optional report support), k6
6	Documentation	15 min	5	08-As-Built or 04-Design
7	Diagnostics	5 min	5	09-Diagnose or 04-Design
8	Team Showcase 🎤	60 min	10	(presentation)

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Challenge Summary

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#	Challenge	Duration	Points	Agent(s)
1	Requirements Capture	30 min	20	02-Requirements
2	Architecture Design	30 min	25	03-Architect, 04-Design
3	IaC Implementation & Deploy	45 min	25	05-IaC Planner, 06b-Bicep CodeGen/06t-Terraform CodeGen, 07b-Bicep Deploy/07t-Terraform Deploy
4	DR Curveball & Deploy	45 min	10	03-Architect, 04-Design, 06b-Bicep CodeGen/06t-Terraform CodeGen, 07b-Bicep Deploy/07t-Terraform Deploy
5	Load Testing	30 min	5	04-Design (optional report support), k6
6	Documentation	15 min	5	08-As-Built or 04-Design
7	Diagnostics	5 min	5	09-Diagnose or 04-Design
8	Team Showcase 🎤	60 min	10	(presentation)

Total Points: 105 base + 25 bonus

Bonus targets: Zone Redundancy (+5), Private Endpoints (+5), Multi-Region DR (+10), Managed Identities (+5)

Note

Coaches: Use the facilitator guide distributed with your workshop materials for Challenge 4 details. Challenge 8 focuses on professional communication and presentation skills.

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Detailed Timing

Block 1: Intro (09:00 - 10:00)

Time	Activity
09:00	Welcome & logistics
09:10	MicroHack overview
09:20	7-step workflow demo
09:35	Setup verification
09:45	Team formation
09:55	Scenario briefing and handoff

Block 2: Challenge 1 (10:00 - 11:00)

Time	Activity
10:00	Start — invoke requirements agent
10:15	Check-in — conversations started?
10:30	Review — refine functional scope
10:45	Push — encourage approval
11:00	Complete — move to Challenge 2

Block 3: Challenge 2 (11:00 - 12:00)

Time	Activity
11:00	Start — handoff from requirements agent
11:15	Check-in — WAF recommendations?
11:30	Cost — Pricing MCP working?
11:45	Wrap — finalize architecture
12:00	Lunch

🍽️ Lunch (12:00 - 12:45)

Block 4: Challenge 3 (12:45 - 13:30)

Time	Activity
12:45	Start — IaC planning agent
12:55	Plan — implementation plan ready?
13:05	Code — IaC code generation agent
13:20	Validate — compile + lint
13:25	Deploy — deploy agent
13:30	Complete — move to Challenge 4

Block 5: Challenge 4 (13:30 - 14:15)

Time	Activity
13:30	📣 Challenge 4: DR Curveball Announced
13:35	Update architecture for multi-region
13:50	Generate updated Bicep templates
14:05	Deploy DR infrastructure
14:15	Complete — checkpoint before load testing

Facilitator Checkpoint (14:15 - 14:30)

Use this short buffer to unblock teams, confirm deployments, and reset before the final run of challenges.

Block 6: Challenge 5 (14:30 - 15:00)

Time	Activity
14:30	Challenge 5: Load Testing
14:40	Run k6 load tests
14:50	Review findings
15:00	Break begins

☕ Break (15:00 - 15:15)

Block 7: Challenges 6-7 and Prep (15:15 - 15:50)

Time	Activity
15:15	Challenge 6: Documentation
15:25	Generate workload docs with design agent
15:30	Challenge 7: Diagnostics
15:35	Prep begins
15:50	Showcase starts

🎯 Presentation Prep (15:35 - 15:50)

Teams prepare their Team Showcase presentations. Each team slot includes the 4-min pitch, 2-min Q&A, stakeholder questions, facilitator feedback, and transition.

Block 8: Challenge 8 (15:50 - 16:50)

Time	Team
15:50	Intro & pairings
15:52	Team 1 presents (~14 min)
16:06	Team 2 presents (~14 min)
16:20	Team 3 presents (~14 min)
16:34	Team 4 presents (~14 min)
16:48	Closing remarks

Wrap-up (16:50 - 17:00)

• Announce leaderboard
• Key learnings
• Resource cleanup reminder

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Quick Reference

• Template Repo: github.com/jonathan-vella/azure-agentic-infraops-accelerator
• Workshop Docs: jonathan-vella.github.io/microhack-agentic-infraops/
• Challenges: microhack/challenges/
• Facilitator Guide: Shared separately with coaches
• Pre-Work: Getting Started